It's an interesting historical moment, when the domestic political environment is obsessed with the present and recent past, that the politicians and public cannot see that we are on the verge of a systemic change.
All the memes, all the talking points, all the political plans and agendas, are about to be shitcanned and forgotten.
The stock market is lovin' The Donald.
The Dow gained 8.6 percent from the election to the inauguration, after gaining only 5.2 percent in all 2016 before Election Day. The only question is how much credit does Donald Trump deserve?
All the best news comes out when they think you aren't looking.
I happened to be reading this article about the horrific state of personal finances in Detroit, when this graph caught my eye. Notice the last item.
The best articles for the state of the economy always come out on Friday afternoons.
Today is no different.
APRIL 1, 2016
We need to stop blaming the victims and clean this mess up.
The Lies of Neoliberal Economics (or How America Became a Nation of Sharecroppers)
by MICHAEL HUDSON – CHRIS HEDGES
The meme coming out of Europe, and from conservative America, is that Greece a) lied about their debt, b) foolishly borrowed more and lived the high life, and c) now simply don't want to pay it back.
There is a grain of truth to this, but only a grain. It's important to see both sides.
Athens at the dawn of the 6th Century B.C. was an unremarkable city. The arts, science, and philosophy that would make it great were still centuries away.
The only notable thing about Athens of the time was its relatively large size, which was also the source of its problems. Athens was too large to feed itself and this was becoming a crisis.
All eyes are on Greece this weekend.
Puerto Rico has been mired in an eight-year long recession and a brutal drought that makes California's drought look mild.
On July1st, things could get a whole lot worse.
