Paul Street / TruthdigOct 17, 2019
Impeachment over UkraineGate won’t take care of the left's goals to end the criminal acceleration of ecocide and address rampant inequality. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )
Maj. Danny Sjursen / TruthdigDec 29, 2018
Our longest-serving president would leave a deep mark on the American psyche. But was he saint or villain, and what was his true legacy? Dig deeper ( 44 Min. Read )
William D. Hartung / TomDispatchNov 1, 2018
Under the guidance of adviser Peter Navarro, the Trump administration is conducting an elaborate trade war to serve a single purpose. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )
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Staff / TruthdigDec 17, 2017
The former finance minister of Greece talks Keynesian economics and explains how Greece and Portugal are treated differently from Germany and other E.U. countries. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
William Pfaff / TruthdigAug 26, 2014
Given the current dismal state of the European Union economy, which is now firmly under German control, one must ask why Angela Merkel and her government continue to champion austerity, seemingly against all reason. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
By Mike Whitney, CounterPunchFeb 15, 2014
It’s too bad Keynes isn’t around today to see how the toxic combo of financial engineering, central bank liquidity and fraud have transformed the world’s biggest economy into a hobbled, crisis-prone invalid that’s unable to grow without giant doses of zero-rate heroin and mega-leverage crack cocaine. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )
E.J. Dionne Jr. / TruthdigFeb 13, 2014
One of my favorite moments during the 2012 Republican presidential contest came when Ron Paul, fresh from his strong showing in Iowa, triumphantly told his supporters: "We're all Austrians now!" Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
By Michael HudsonDec 28, 2013
Jubilee Year: In Judaic Law (Leviticus 25), a Clean Slate to be proclaimed every 50 years annulling personal and agrarian debts, liberating bond-servants to rejoin their families, and returning lands that had been alienated under economic duress. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
BLANKAug 25, 2013
Ellen Brown is a major public intellectual and a tireless promoter of a tried and tested solution that may represent Americans' best chance at taking their society back from predatory bankers. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigJan 29, 2013
By ignoring the historic role government played in enabling economic growth, the prevailing myths about how the U.S. became prosperous allow lawmakers, officials and lobbyists to craft policies that prevent the majority of Americans from taking their rightful share of the national wealth, Jeff Madrick writes in Harper’s Magazine. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigJan 6, 2013
The Nobel Prize-winning economist and public advocate is at the top of every liberal’s wish list for President Obama’s second-term Cabinet appointments. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
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