I am late in getting this information up on Angry Bear. I should have checked fellow Michigander Charles Gaba’s site ACA Signups. Most of the time, Charles is way ahead of me on healthcare just like some of the others are from time to time. This is a rundown of what President Biden is going to tell us tonight. What he intends to offer US Citizens, with Congressional help, and with regard to healthcare. Keep this post as a marker and let’s see...

Podcasts New Economics Podcast: Spring budget reaction Ayeisha Thomas-Smith is joined by Hannah Peaker and Lydia Prieg 08 March 2024 We’re waiting longer than ever for hospital appointments, our kids’ schools are literally crumbling, and homelessness has sky-rocketed in the past year. This week’s spring...

In a few days time, I’ll be lining up in the 65-69 category for the Mooloolaba Olympic triathlon (1500m swim, 40km cycle, 10km run)[1]. People in this age category are commonly described as “aging”, “older”, “seniors”, “elders” and, worst of all, “elderly” (though this mostly kicks in at 70). The one thing we are never called is “old”. But this is the only term that makes any sense. Everyone is aging, one year at a time, and a toddler is older than a baby. Senior and elder are...

from Jayati Ghosh Economics needs greater humility, a better sense of history, and more diversity The need for drastic change in the economics discipline has never been so urgent. Humanity faces existential crises, with planetary health and environmental challenges becoming major concerns. The global economy was already limping and fragile before the pandemic; the subsequent recovery has exposed deep and worsening inequalities not just in incomes and assets but in access to basic human...

A tsunami of spending has pushed up, stocks, bitcoin, gold, and silver. 

The bloodiest period of Soviet totalitarianism ended in the fifties, but the habits remained long after, including the advanced system of alternative media that ultimately broke the state: samizdat.Tonight, along with Stanford’s Dr. Jay Bhattacharya and New York Post reporter Miranda Devine, I’ll be accepting the inaugural Samizdat Prize, given by the RealClear Media Fund. Samizdat is a bit of a play on words, since like a lot of politically oppressive groups the Soviets had a mania for...

The Committee for Economic Development (CED) of Conference Board recently put out “Explainer: The National Debt” which is pretty much a greatest hits of debt scare mongering. Other than the references to recent events and data, it is timeless: the authors could have put out the same report in any year since the mid-1980s and not much of the contents would have changed. Anyone who thinks that the MMT debate would improve things just needs to read the report to see that progress in...

Εκδήλωση Κοινωνικού Πολύκεντρου ΑΔΕΔΥ στο Ρέθυμνο “Κοινωνική Ασφάλιση – Συνταξιοδοτικό & Αμοιβές της εργασίας στο Δημόσιο” Το Κοινωνικό Πολύκεντρο σε συνεργασία με την ΑΔΕΔΥ και το Νομαρχιακό Τμήμα ΑΔΕΔΥ Ρεθύμνου συνδιοργανώνουν εκδήλωση στο Ρέθυμνο με θέμα «Κοινωνική Ασφάλιση – Συνταξιοδοτικό & Αμοιβές της εργασίας στο Δημόσιο»τη Δευτέρα 11 Μαρτίου στις 18:00 στο Επιμελητήριο Ρεθύμνου (Εμμ. Πορτάλιου 23).  Το θέμα θα αναπτύξουν ο κ. Στ. Μαυρουδέας, Καθηγητής του...

The spectacular government spending post-2008 and post-2020 appeared to upend the neoliberal logic of the past decades, enabling bold public action and opening the door to a more just and democratic social order. Specific policy choices stamped out this opportunity. These pivotal moments did, however, point to policy levers that can facilitate a breakthrough....Brave New EuropePavlina Tcherneva – Whatever it Takes: How Neoliberalism Hijacked the Public PursePavlina Tcherneva | Founding...

Initial jobless claims continue positive, suggesting good news for the tomorrow’s February unemployment rate as well  – by New Deal democrat The most important reason I cover initial jobless claims is because they are an “official” short leading indicator. They are also very good at forecasting the short-term trend in the unemployment rate in the monthly jobs report, which will be updated for February tomorrow. And the news continues to be...