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Economic justice

Homeownership Problems Are Plaguing Millennials

Apr 29, 2022

Millennials are being squeezed out of homeownership and that will reduce their ability to become wealthy over the next decades, increase health risks, reduce neighborhood cohesion, and impair educational advances for the kids of renters. All of these are important side-effects when people become prolonged members of the rental class. While homeownership is recognized as…

Political economy

Celebrate Capitalism With These 3 Vintage Trading Posters

Apr 12, 2022

Celebrate Capitalism With These 3 Posters Celebrate Capitalism—-Vintage Set of 3 Futures Trading Posters. They measure 24″ x 18″ and cost $135 for three or $45 each, plus postage to your location. See the posters below. If ordering individually, specify which one you want. The condition is “New.” It is shipped with USPS Priority Mail.

Political economy

Why Conservatives Hate ESG Investing and Wall Street Loves It

Apr 8, 2022

It’s an open secret that Wall Street firms love to capitalize on any new trend regardless of whether it has merit or makes sense. Crypto is an excellent example of an investing fad with no substance but is embraced because it attracts new money. But when it comes to ethical investing, Wall Street…

Political economy

Russian Atrocities in Ukraine War Below US Atrocities in Iraq

Apr 5, 2022

With world opinion now focused on news that Russian forces have committed crimes in the Ukraine war, it’s important to note that no army has a monopoly on committing war crimes against civilians in any war zone worldwide. As this article by Chris Hedges on the site, Substack, points out, the U.S. committed…

Investing

Barry Diller Opposes ESG Investing Over “Don’t Say Gay” Bill

Apr 1, 2022

ESG investing may have $17 trillion in assets under management worldwide, but to Barry Diller, chairman of the media company IAC, ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) investing should not exist because it interferes with Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” bill. In an interview with CNN’s Brian Stelter that aired April 1, 2022, Diller said the Disney…

Investment abuses and fraud

Sen. Warren Shakes-Up Crypto Regulation World

Mar 18, 2022

Crypto regulation anyone? Definitely not in the gray world of cryptocurrencies and crypto exchanges. Just like abolishing the carried interest tax loophole is like showing the silver cross to vampires, enacting regulation in the crypto world is a real deal-breaker. So with the Ukraine invasion as the catalyst to stop Russian oligarchs…

Conflicts of interest and corruption

How Obama Protected White-Collar Criminals and Tainted the Justice System in the 2008 Recession

Mar 16, 2022

When injustice becomes law, resistance becomes duty. –Thomas Jefferson What would the Democratic Party look like today if the administration of President Barack Obama would have prosecuted the senior executives of the nation’s largest financial firms that caused the 2008 recession? Could those prosecutions have prevented the election of Donald Trump? Could those…

Elections and politics

The Silence is Deafening as Two Republicans Attend White Supremacist Event

Feb 27, 2022

When Republican Representatives Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia and Paul Gosar of Arizona spoke at a white supremacist event in Orlando, Florida, organized by White nationalist Nick Fuentes, only three Republicans criticized their participation. Why only three Republicans? The answer: Other Republicans are on the sidelines because they either don’t have the backbone to criticize…

Conflicts of interest and corruption

The Citizens of Ukraine are Tougher than Americans

Feb 26, 2022

The Ukrainian people are tougher than Americans. No doubt. Today, the wimpy Dems and the traitorous Republicans are doing nothing to help the Ukrainians. This is certainly not a new development. This is a repeat of what happened in the late-1930s when the Nazis were preparing to invade neighboring nations in the full-scale buildup to…

Investment abuses and fraud

Super Bowl to Celebrate Online Sports Betting and Crypto

Feb 9, 2022

This Sunday’s Superbowl may be the largest sporting event of the year. Still, it also shows the links between online sports betting, crypto-mania, rising distrust of government distrust, and wage stagnation. While sports fans know the game features two great teams, it will also be the cause for lots of betting. According to…

Investment abuses and fraud

Biden Endangers 401(k)s as He OKs Private Equity

Feb 3, 2022

A recent decision by the US Department of Labor and the Biden administration to allow private equity funds into 401(k) plans is a huge payoff to major Wall Street investment companies who will now allow investors to be exposed to high-fee, high-risk private equity funds. In the latest setback for investors, the Biden administration’s…

Retirement and 401(k)

Supreme Court Favors Investors in Major Mutual Fund Fee Case

Jan 26, 2022

The US Supreme Court ruled on Jan. 24, 2022, that investors can sue employers and managers if they charge excessive mutual fund management fees. In the 8-0 decision in the case, Hughes v. Northwestern University, the conservative-leaning Supreme Court found that “401(k) plan participants could continue to take legal action against employers…