by Liano Sharon | Nov 5, 2021 | Blog, Economics, Featured
Here’s the first installment of an occasional series on things people say they believe, often vehemently, but obviously don’t actually believe. Number 1: “Corporations are people.” If corporations are people then every shareholder is guilty of OWNING PEOPLE and...
by Liano Sharon | Nov 21, 2019 | Blog, Economics, Editorial, Featured, National Politics, Progressive Movement
Right-wingers and centrists, many economists, and many US-based socialists, have a strange gap in their knowledge of capitalism. They have no idea what it is. Neoliberals like Warren cheerlead for capitalism, and when they’re asked about capitalism they start rambling...
by Liano Sharon | Oct 18, 2019 | Blog, Campaign Finance, Economics, Featured, National Politics, Progressive Movement
Many people argue that we must have private health insurance companies in order to drive competition, and competition is good because it reduces the cost of insurance. They’re asserting the “market” for insurance is the same as a commodities market – a tool for...
by Liano Sharon | Jul 29, 2019 | Blog, Economics, Editorial, Featured
Here’s a fact. We the people, through our agent the US government, have an enforced monopoly on the creation of US dollars. Every US dollar in circulation, every electronic US dollar in every bank account anywhere in the world, ties back to an account at the...
