…who disliked government protection of civil rights, and politicians who wanted to dissolve business regulation pulled them into the Republican Party by playing to the mythology of movie heroes like…

…for today. “Busting the ‘Paid What You’re Worth” Myth‘”, Robert Reich https://youtu.be/f3NRbF_lJZI You’ve probably heard that everyone is “paid what they’re worth.” Don’t buy it. According to this mythology, workers…

…myth of the magic of the market was created from whole cloth mid-20th century. Some people just made it up and began to peddle it in universities like the University…

The myth of markets How is it that a market created by Madison Avenue becomes prescient? Omniscient? It doesn’t. It isn’t; never was. Like capitalism, the primacy of private healthcare…

…built to enshrine the myth of the “Lost Cause,” the false claim that white Southerners nobly fought for states’ rights – and not to preserve slavery. In 1921, for instance, the…

…myth, tariffs don’t necessarily cause high unemployment. They make the economy less efficient and poorer, but don’t necessarily reduce the total number of jobs. For example, Britain in the 1950s…

…“greater good” dates back to Plato’s Republic. He proposed the “Noble Lie”: a myth told by the elite to maintain social harmony and ensure people performed their roles in society. The “Good Intentions”…

…not only a great read but also a revealing informational source on the changes in the American polity, she does note the label he attaches to the right-wing resurgence (“breadwinner…

…decrease in tax rates, that is likely to lead to faster economic growth. Even sticking to the period of relatively low taxes we’ve been in since Reagan started his tax…

…2004 (and smaller cuts throughout the term). And we have enough experience with tax cut programs from Reagan to Bush I to Bush II to see that revenues do not…