Here we are, nearly seven years after the so-called Great Recession was declared to be officially over, yet the job market seems unable to catch up with the rest of the economy. Most mainstream economists are scratching their heads over this, with some of them proposing that the Great Recession has somehow shifted everything into […]
Brynne VanHettinga
A Shameful Secret Sees the Light
“Whenever the legislature attempts to regulate the differences between masters and their workmen, its counselors are always the masters. When the regulation, therefore, is in favor of the workmen, it is always just and equitable; but it is sometimes otherwise when in favor of the masters…. “The masters, being fewer in number, can combine […]
It’s Official! America is an Oligarchy
OK, the findings in one study do not necessarily make anything official. But this is a joint study by political science professors from Princeton University and Northwestern University with numerous publications to their credit. Moreover, it more or less corroborates what many of us have suspected for years—our government no longer represents “we the people.” This […]