Wasn’t President Obama’s Affordable Care Act (ACA) supposed to help Americans save money on healthcare? Well, it’s actually done quite the opposite, according to the latest data from Aon Hewitt. The chart below suggests that American workers are paying 130 percent more for their healthcare today than in 2005. In 2005, employees at mid-size companies […]
Archives for November 2015
The Good Ol’ Days: When Tax Rates Were 90 Percent
By: Andrew Syrios It’s quite interesting indeed when both progressives and conservatives seem to be nostalgic for those good ol’ days in the 1950s, for different reasons, of course. Conservatives want to go back to the nuclear Leave It to Beaver family and what not while liberals like to talk about those 90-percent tax rates […]
Chart: Urban growth per hour
The London Guardian is out with a new chart that looks at the world’s fastest growing cities using urban growth per hour. As expected, the top cities on the list are in Asia, like Shenzhen, Delhi, Lagos and Manila. New York City, London and Berlin are also on this list.
Week in Review: Nov. 23 to Nov. 29
In case you missed any of this week’s articles, here is a round-up of some of the most read pieces written by the Economic Collapse News staff: EPI Chart: What do you have to make in a year to be in the top 1% of your state? 10 things more likely to kill you than […]
5 random things for a Friday (Greek pensioners protest, Seattle’s minimum wage, woman steals from child on Black Friday)
News Story of the Day: Roughly 2,000 pensioners took the streets of central Athens on Thursday shouting “we can’t live on 300 euros ($318). The pensioners, which took over the streets of Athens and 12 other towns, were protesting the left-wing government’s plans to completely overhaul the pension system. The country is looking to merge […]