…of privatization and commodification. The attack on veterans’ healthcare is a case in point. Originally organized on the “national health service model” (facilities are publicly owned, providers are public employees,…

…four years. Check out The Guardian’s Economics Editor’s commentary on Trumps economic plans. The Issue: With continued high fiscal deficits likely for the foreseeable future, public debt in the United…

…as Americans across the political spectrum voiced strong support for the agency and its public mission. The essential role of USPS became even clearer during the pandemic, when postal employees…

…those goals. Similarly, it is an open question whether drug prevention programs actually prevent or even reduce drug usage, whether public interest law firms actually benefit the public, or whether…

…it. It requires leaders who are willing to do three things consistently and publicly. First, they must acknowledge shared reality. This means speaking honestly about where public agreement already exists. Americans…

…calculations of ‘Real Debt’ to use the remainder, which Treasury tracks under the name ‘Debt Held by the Public’. Which to my mind is too close to ‘Public Debt’. But…

…a “balk” is presidential leadership not doing what the public wants. Marcus is assuming her readers assume the public is more ignorant than it is and will be shocked to…

…supported by a majority when passed was new and things were still bad, the public rejected Keynes. Now that things aren’t quite so bad, the public is re-Keynesed. Altrnatively the…

Wisconsin Senate Passes Bill Ending Public Bargaining Rights by Yves Smith at Naked Capitalism writes on this evening’s news on Wisconsin political conflicts. Reposted. After claiming repeatedly in the media…

…buying public backed insurance. Of course, how that gibes with the rhetoric of no public option and ‘taking responsibility’ is very human…it tends to change upon need and whim. Of…