…the wealthy, and militarization), the US has now “two economies, a wealthy ‘top’ economy doing very well, and a ‘bottom’ economy for roughly the bottom 99% facing income stagnation, with…

…after a few decades, its now popular wisdom and the foundation of our economy. If you’ve been wondering what caused The Great Stagnation and the mess we’re in now, look…

…and wanton torture of prisoners—and who, in this novel, are largely credited with re-electing President Bush despite those revelations and an economy driven to stagnation by war—cheering the mere suggestion…

…New York City style pot hole’). Yes, the US economy is growing; but sub-2% really ‘feels’ like stagnation, if not recession for many. As always, Spencer provides a fantastic summary…

…visible in the 2007 crash and the Great Depression that followed. The gist of the book is summed up in the following quote: “[L]eft to its own devices, the market…

…salaries,” notes Richard Posner, a critic of today’s executive compensation (and also, incidentally, the judge who recently turned down Conrad Black’s U.S. legal appeal). The rich also greatly enriched themselves…

…the vulnerable middle class in this economy, and apparently as little creativeness for moving the economy out of the stagnation from the four decades of Reaganomics and into a new…

…markets including the Russians selling their gold stocks, other central banks selling gold, technological improvements in gold mining, Japanese stagnation, India legalizing private gold holdings and gold imports — in…

The employment report appears to confirm that the economy has slipped into a stagnation scenario as both payroll and the household survey reported that employment fell. The drop in employment…

…to sustain their anticipated standard of living. The other is within the basic theory of tax breaks generating greater returns. Standard theory says this should lead to greater savings. But…