Trickle Down Failed

The Trickle Down economic strategy has been tried for thirty years. The results are in; The IMF report said the Continue reading →

Fossil Fuel Subsidies

The International Monetary Fund released a draft report on how much governments subsidize fossil fuels, both extraction and remediation. The Continue reading →

Housing Crisis Pervades Attitudes

What is more likely: someone from the lower class moving to middle class, or someone from middle class moving to Continue reading →

Cleaning Coal Is Expensive

In the last few decades we progressed from coal companies worrying about mining but not about cleanup, to ensuring they Continue reading →

The Poor Are Working

“Work hard and get yourself out of poverty” is an old adage, but not a current reality. Of the approximately Continue reading →

Iceland Makes Bankers Pay

In the midst of the Great Recession, Iceland saw that the banks had become too big to fail, and the Continue reading →

Puerto Rico Is America’s Greece

Greece catches a lot of attention for good reasons. Besides the implications of a failing national economy, Greece’s debt has Continue reading →

California Is Sinking

California is sinking, and it’s nothing new. It’s been happening as long as we’ve been pulling water from the aquifers. Continue reading →