Tag Archives: austerity

American Nihilism

Posted on October 4, 2018 by

  Why are Americans so desperately unhappy? What’s up with the opioid addiction, the mass murders, the deaths of despair, and the deep cynicism, that I’ve come to call American nihilism? Maybe this is all because we’ve embraced economic policies that condemned millions … Continue reading →

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N is for Neofeudalism

Posted on April 5, 2017 by

  Everything that was old is new again. Take feudalism, it’s making a comeback. The US economy is trending towards wage bondage and economic polarization, with an all-American debt peonage that I’ve come to call neofeudalism. Heterodox economist Michael Hudson explains how … Continue reading →

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We’re All Greeks Now

Posted on July 9, 2015 by

Who needs an army when you have economists and central bankers? This is the reality we face in an era where debt and austerity are the weapons wielded by modern imperialism. In the aftermath of the Greek referendum rejecting austerity, … Continue reading →

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Eating Your Foot

Posted on April 11, 2013 by

We have an amazing amount of stupid in our country when it comes to economics. Case in point. One of our state legislators, representative Jake Andregg, R–Lehi, claims that taking federal money for Medicaid expansion, is akin to cannibalism. “It’s … Continue reading →

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The Road to Neo-Feudalism

Posted on March 1, 2013 by

Every single day I read articles that solidify my belief that we’re headed at full speed towards neo-feudalism, with the American people asleep in the back seat. Fasten your seat belts. “The President’s “sequester” offer slashes non-defense spending by $830 … Continue reading →

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A clean get away

Posted on January 15, 2013 by

Anyone who says “crime doesn’t pay” hasn’t been paying attention to the behavior of the American elite in the 21st century. Historians of the future, when the study this era, will marvel at the rampant criminality and official impunity, that … Continue reading →

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Things that make me want to guzzle anti-freeze

Posted on December 4, 2012 by

Taking Charles Pierces signature phrase out for a test drive. Lately, the so-called “financial cliff” reporting makes me too want to guzzle anti-freeze. The dominant narrative every day about the scary, scary “financial cliff” drives home the fact that we … Continue reading →

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