Happy New Year From The Economic Populist! Another day, another year. We hope 2015 is finally the time of the middle class. Will finally wages increase, will jobs and careers recover? So far that has not been the case, although 2014 is when hope for U.S. workers glimmered on the horizon. We've survived the three biggest days to die in the United States, Christmas, Boxing day and New Years. Now an onslaught of Republicans will take over Congress, so we can be assured any legislation to help the U.S. middle class will not be enacted.
Happy New Year from the Economic Populist! Let's hope 2014 is better economically for most of us as 2013 was another real dog for most of America. Wall Street was on fire and the investor class made out like bandits while real robust job growth still has not materialized. 2013 is the year the middle class was completely ignored. Still broke, still jobless or working with low wages and eroding worker's rights, America's middle class was pummeled yet again.
This week in outrageous economic shorts we quote insightful articles covering the JPMorgan Chase $13 billion settlement for bundling bad mortgages and pawning them off to unsuspecting investors. The case is due to the actions of two acquisitions made by JPMorgan Chase, Bear Stearns and Washington Mutual.
Welcome to Outrageous Economic Shorts, the reader's digest of economic horror. Below are studies, facts and figures that should be enough to make your hair curl. Unfortunately information like this pops up every week. Yet read it and weep, here's some of the latest.
Welcome to this week in economic outrage. Every day there are thousands of economic horror stories where one just shakes their head in disbelief at the incessant injustice. To combat the information overload, we give you a financial follies reader's digest and how those in power could care less about any of it.
This week in economic outrage has some real winners. Everyday there are so many injustices it is hard to keep up. Here are some cut to the chase boil downs of news and events you might have missed. As usual, corporations are running the government while the American people and labor be damned.
Welcome to our round up of economic shorts. These are the latest outrages that caught our eye which you might have missed. Probably the biggest disaster happening today is the Senate pushing forward with a corporate written cheap labor immigration bill regardless of the negative impact this will have on jobs and the economy.
As the jobs crisis continues industry and government collude together on policies and agendas which won't help the nation. Here are some of their latest outrageous activities.
The Dow hit a record high yet for most of America this means little. While some fawn and fan over the high rise stock market, here are some stories that actually matter to real people with real lives.
Welcome to the weekly roundup of great articles, facts and figures. These are the weekly finds that made our eyes pop.
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