The US could be heading for a recession — that’s great news for stocks The economy is slowing down as inflation hits fresh highs. That’s leading investors to bet on new relief, and it’s driving stocks sharply higher. READ MORE 20 lottery winners who lost every penny Winning […]
David Cedillo of the Center for Political Innovation interviews Chicago Transit Workers at their “Hour of Power” weekly speak out.
Batya Ungar-Sargon breaks down fact from fiction on whether the U.S. has entered a ‘recession.’
By Stefan Gleason, Money Metals Exchange With last week’s second 75 basis-point rate hike, the Federal Reserve now claims it has achieved a “neutral” monetary policy stance. That would mean, in theory, that interest rates are neither stimulating nor restraining the economy. “Now that we’re at neutral, as […]
By David Pan TELOS Concerns about inflation can lead us to exaggerate the role of money in the economy. In his essay on “Three Rival Versions of Monetary Enquiry,” in Telos 194, Edward Hadas argues that money is not at the center of economics. Instead, economics is fundamentally about […]
I suppose if you added up the sum total of everyone killed during colonialism, the slave trade, imperialist wars waged by capitalist regimes, and preventable deaths due to deprivation imposed on subject states, you could arrive at a number not too far from this.
Business Insider Some of America’s biggest companies are flashing warning signs on the US economy Companies like Costco, McDonald’s, and AT&T are painting a grim picture of the economy’s future, and consumers will feel the brunt of it. READ MORE The rise, fall, and comeback of Victoria’s Secret, […]
Business Insider How Costco’s Auto Program can save you money on your next car purchase The Costco Auto Program allows members to buy discounted cars from participating dealerships. Here is how the Costco car buying program works. READ MORE Buying your car tires at Costco comes with perks […]
By Emma Camp and Danielle Thompson, Reason For many of the 43 million Americans weighed down by student loan debt, making their monthly payments is a major drag on their lives. About a third of undergraduates going for a bachelor’s degree are either dropping out or taking more […]
Krystal Kyle & Friends Just a week ago, it was anything but likely that Joe Manchin would throw his support behind literally any funding to deal with the climate emergency. Now he’s shocked all of Washington, backing the Inflation Reduction Act and its attendant $369 billion dedicated to […]
Andrew Sullivan, Weekly Dish The famed economist and longtime insider is now the outsider. Biden should have listened to him. He’s in the news again this week — after persuading Joe Manchin that the climate and healthcare bill he’s pushing isn’t inflationary. Larry Summers has had a storied […]
Buying your car tires at Costco comes with perks like lifetime maintenance Costco Wholesale offers lifetime maintenance services with the installation of new tires. This perk includes free tire rotations and flat repairs. READ MORE The economy shrank in the first half of 2022 — but the US […]
Business Insider I toured a private jet for the first time — it had 7 beds and 2 bathrooms but didn’t seem worth the $65 million price tag I got the opportunity to tour a private jet during Britain’s hottest day on record. See inside the Qatar Executive […]
Business Insider Homebuyers desperate to get a mortgage are lining up for the same risky bet that helped cause the 2008 housing crash The number of borrowers with risky credit scores getting adjustable rate mortgages is rising — it’s what helped caused the foreclosure crisis. READ MORE 3 […]
Despicable is truly an understatement. It’s been going on for centuries with no end in sight. Thank you for excellent reporting.
The Hill political reporter, Julia Manchester, and White House reporter at Real Clear Politics, Philip Wegmann, weigh in on stock trading among political elites, and the arrest of Congressman Stephen Buyer for his role in insider trading.
Briahna Joy Gray and Robby Soave break down American’s primary concerns about the economy, and react to President Biden’s statement that he does not think a recession is imminent.
Business Insider Who is Nicole Shanahan? Inside the life of Google co-founder Sergey Brin’s estranged wife, who had an alleged affair with Elon Musk. A California-based attorney, Shanahan founded the legal tech company ClearAccessIP before focusing on more philanthropic ventures. READ MORE Walmart says the high cost of […]
Union railroader Charles Stallworth discusses top concerns for blue collar workers that he discovered in a new survery he conducted.
In a recent television address, Russian President Vladimir Putin sought to respond to accusations that he is uniquely responsible for the woes currently afflicting people in the west, in particular when it comes to high gas prices and inflation generally. In fact, Putin said, it is the elite […]
Business Insider Elon Musk reportedly dropped to his knees and begged for forgiveness after his affair with Google co-founder Sergey Brin’s wife While Brin acknowledged the apology, the two tech moguls and longtime friends are not currently speaking, the Wall Street Journal reported. READ MORE Elon Musk reportedly […]
The Corbett Report by James Corbett corbettreport.com July 23, 2022 Last week I wrote about how “We’re All Dutch Farmers Now.” As you’ll recall from that editorial, there is a battle taking place right now between farmers in the Netherlands and the technocrats in their government who are […]
By Asaf Shalev Jewish Telegraphic Agency (JTA) – WhatsApp founder Jan Koum has become the largest individual donor to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee’s campaign committee, spending $2 million to support AIPAC’s involvement in this year’s Democratic primaries. The massive donation made in June and revealed earlier […]
Technocracy Blackstone already owns almost $300 billion in real estate and will pour in another $50 billion during the next real estate crash, turning swaths of neighborhoods into giant rental communities. Expect rental prices to soar as wealth is drained from the middle class. The goal of Technocracy […]
Herland Report Herland Report: Aldous Huxley interview: As we now live in the globalist-capitalist billionaire controlled transnational system, accelerated massively by Covid-19, we are gradually returning to the feudalist structure of the Middle Ages as the few and wealthy own almost everything. And surveil it all. The working class […]
By N.S. Lyons A Guest Essay by Renaud Beauchard. “Pour le peuple, il y a toujours la misère!” (“For the people, there is always misery!”), by anonymous, c. 2018. Recently I had a very thought-provoking back-and-forth email conversation with an Upheaval reader, Renaud Beauchard, on the recent trucker […]
Business Insider The ‘Great Regret’ isn’t just for job switchers. Some of the smartest companies in the world realized they hired too many people. Companies saw booming growth, and hired accordingly. Now, the market is slowing — and workers are paying the price. READ MORE The nation’s largest […]
Amazon’s electric Rivian vans are now making deliveries across the US — see how they were designed Amazon says there will be thousands of vans making deliveries in hundreds of US cities by the end of 2022. READ MORE The ‘Great Regret’ isn’t just for job switchers. Some […]
The Signal Is Europe heading toward an energy disaster when the weather turns? Samantha Gross on the likely paths of a major gas crisis. Thom Holmes Natural gas could now be rationed across the EU until the spring of 2023, according to a European Commission plan announced this week, […]
Business Insider How you should be investing your money right now to prepare for a recession, according to a former financial analyst and educator Austin Hankwitz says including a specific ETF to his portfolio given a looming recession is a “no-brainer” and details his investing strategy. READ MORE […]
ByJack Morphet and Bruce Golding New York Post Hamptons residents said Monday they were shocked to learn from The Post that illegal immigrants were living in the woods amid the area’s sprawling mansions — as outraged online commenters blamed nouveau-riche property owners and liberal voters. “I haven’t seen […]
Wall Street is getting more confident the US will avoid a recession this year “There is essentially no evidence of actual weakness,” Jeremy Barnum, JPMorgan’s chief financial officer, told reporters on a recent call READ MORE Elon Musk responds to viral shirtless photos of him on vacation: ‘Maybe […]
Can Woke Capital be stopped? Josh Young of The Republic Capital Management joins El Nino Speaks to talk about how his company is fighting the politicization of corporate boardrooms. LISTEN HERE
Business Insider We were wrong about the Great Resignation. Workers are still powerless and the looming recession will make it worse. Millions of workers gained a bit more power during the Great Resignation, but our economy isn’t set up to let them keep it. READ MORE ‘TikTok got […]
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Business Insider Fuel shortages, massive debts, and protesters partying in the presidential palace: Here is what’s going on in ‘bankrupt’ Sri Lanka Sri Lanka’s president has resigned following widespread protests sparked by an economic collapse tearing the country of 22 million people apart. READ MORE Athletic Brewing Company […]
By Dana Williams The goal of this article is to explore the characteristics of North American anarchists who are union members. New social movement (NSM) theories suggest that movements have changed in recent decades to focus less on economic issues and have divorced themselves from the working class. […]
Political scientist at Webster University Vienna, Ralph Schoellhammer, breaks down Dutch farmers’ protests against climate policies.
by James Corbett corbettreport.com July 17, 2022 For weeks now, farmers in the Netherlands have been engaging in heated protests over their government’s plan to halve the country’s nitrogen and ammonia pollution by 2030. It is estimated that this plan—which will mandate emissions cuts of 95% in some […]
This week, we’ve prepared a conversation for you with the brilliant scholar Gary Gerstle, whose research on what defines the global neoliberal order can also help us understand what might bring that order to a close. We’re sharing this conversation on the heels of the news that Manchin, […]
The housing market isn’t crashing, it has a ‘hangover’ — and it’s why so many buyers are backing out, a Redfin economist explains Redfin’s Taylor Marr explains why the real estate industry is seeing a record number of deals fall through and why sellers are dropping asking prices. […]
Business Insider Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway just plowed another $250 million into Occidental Petroleum. It now commands a 19.2% stake worth over $10 billion If Buffett’s company reaches a 20% stake in Occidental, it can include a share of the energy company’s profits in its own earnings. READ […]
People who think farmer’s are rich are completely separated from reality. The vast majority barely make a profit, and they spend up to 18 hours a day, 7 days a week working.
Business Insider Investors should expect more earnings misses and weak guidance as companies struggle with slowing demand and looming recession risk, Bank of America says Corporate sentiment is at its lowest level since the start of the pandemic, and macro headwinds to earnings growth are steadily building. READ […]
by Peter Zeihan on July 14, 2022 Inflation in the United States has reached a four-decade high, according to data released by the U.S. Labor Department July 13th. Gasoline costs are leading the pack of consumer goods facing rising prices, but it’s a good mix of everything. Which […]
Dutch farmers have been vigorously protesting restrictions that would devastate both them and the food supply, and the Western media either ignores or misrepresents them. Keean Bexte has been reporting from the ground there and he joins us for a thorough briefing. LISTEN HERE
By HADAS THIER In These Times The conventional medicine for fighting inflation is to make workers pay. And that is what the Federal Reserve, with Joe Biden’s approval, is planning to do. The price of a dozen eggs hit an average of $2.70 in June, up from $1.64 last June. A gallon of gas, […]
Business Insider Dave Ramsey says if you can’t afford a 15-year mortgage, you can’t afford the house. A real estate expert disagrees: ‘Avoiding debt at all costs is not always a sound financial decision for everyone’ We asked experts about some home buying advice from author Dave Ramsey […]
Join us in-person in Washington D.C. to hear from the pre-eminent experts on COVID response, and one of the only Senators asking the questions Americans deserve to hear. The event will be livestreamed, but we don’t expect Big Tech to allow this discussion to last long. Join us at […]
“Keep your eye on the prize” Exactly! Identify the goal and take necessary action to teach that goal. The countries in the world should all logically grow enough food for their population. That is possible and it must happen.
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