The $5.3 Trillion Question Behind America’s COVID-19 Failure
That’s the amount of buybacks U.S. corporations funneled to shareholders during the past decade—rather than invest in technologies for the common good.
Author: Paul Jay
The Coronavirus Exposes the Perils of Profit in Seniors’ Housing
Seniors have been dying in startling numbers across Canada in privately owned long-term care facilities.
There’s No Time for Evolutionary Change – Paul Jay
The climate emergency and the pandemic require us to build a broad popular front that fights for democratization and public ownership in critical areas like health care, fossil fuels, finance, and arms production. Paul Jay is a guest on ‘Economics and Beyond’ hosted by Rob Johnson of INET.
Populism is Not Mob Rule – Thomas Frank (1/3)
The liberal elites don’t like real democracy and see mass movements as endangering their ‘educated and wise leadership’. Populism and anti-populism has deep roots in American history. Thomas Frank (‘What’s the Matter with Kansas’ and ‘The People, No.’), joins Paul Jay on theAnalysis.news podcast.
The verdict: Canada’s legalization of cannabis is a success
A British think tank says Canada’s legalization of cannabis has largely been a success story.
Make the Fed Publicly Owned and the Foundation of a Public Banking System – Gerald Epstein
The Federal Reserve has been subsidizing the megabanks, but what’s needed is an institution that provides the backstop, the loan guarantees, the subsidies, the lines of credit, et cetera, to support the development of a whole variety of public financial institutions. Gerald Epstein on theanalysis.news podcast with Paul Jay.
Countries Have to Choose Between U.S. and China Says Blackrock
The massive finance firm Blackrock says there will be “de-globalization” and intensifying rivalry between the U.S. and China no matter who wins the November elections. Heiner Flassbeck says Europe cannot agree to take sides, on theAnalysis.news podcast with Paul Jay.
A Restart of Nuclear Testing Offers Little Scientific Value
Trump administration considers restarting nuclear weapons tests
Brazil: Bolsonaro has Covid, Opposition is Fragmented
President Bolsonaro has taken a Trump like stance minimizing the pandemic and his polling numbers are down. The opposition is too fragmented says Lorena Barberia on theAnalysis.news podcast with Paul Jay. Produced in cooperation with Other News, Voices Against the Tide
Trump gets no special protections because he’s president and must release financial records, Supreme Court rules
Investigators are trying to follow the president’s money, and the Supreme Court just gave them the green light. Alex Wong/Getty Images Stanley M. Brand, Pennsylvania State University In a 7-2…
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