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How did the explosion over the past 50 years in income and wealth inequality and the intensification of insecurities for the bottom 90% in the US happen?

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Overcoming Our Planet’s Sustainability Crisis

an exploratory essay

"What's Brewing? Banning Stock Buybacks"

Abdu El-Sayed, candidate for Senate in Michigan

"1955 vs 2025, who actually had it better?"

This video by Johnny Harris asks a question that is at the heart of what we need to understand about our present situation: extreme income and wealth inequality.

Talarico on the Fifty Year Heist

I paused this morning to listen to this 30-minute speech by James Talarico, candidate for Senate in Texas.

Capitalism must not be in our future

we need a sustainable and equitable economy

Another view of wealth inequality in the US

Another

Taxing Income and Wealth is not enough!

a good beginning for sure.....

The use of AI in my cultural evolution maladaptation project

I first began experimenting with AI tools during the final editing of my book, THE HEIST: How the rich and corporations stole the American dream. In my return to my project on how we need to accelerate institutional experiments in order to solve the problems posed by global warming and the exhaustion of the Earth, I have been using AI quite intensively for research and concept development. In…

From Robert Reich – How Wealth Inequality Spiraled Out of Control | Robert Reich

This 12-minute video presentation does a good job on wealth inequality.

Government Intervention

the misleading rhetoric of neoliberalism and economics

Insecurities for the 90% – Healthcare

1st installment of the insecurities series