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: Even Bill Maher wants Hillary Clinton to ‘stay in the woods’ Is foreign aid the answer? Nope, it’s free trade Study: MLB franchises received $1.41 billion from U.S. […]
Archives for April 2017
#FlashbackFriday: CNN’s fake newscast in Saudi Arabia
CNN is now ecstatic about United States President Donald Trump. The network has now proclaimed him as the actual president because he ordered a military strike against a Syrian base that killed several civilians, and potentially got the country into a new war. You will now see further war propaganda akin to 1990 and 2002 […]
War is the Continuation of Trumpism by Other Means
By: Matthew McCaffrey Donald Trump’s airstrikes in Syria are tragic proof that he is just as eager to wage actual warfare as he is to wage economic warfare. Yet there should be nothing surprising about his recent attacks. Military intervention does not represent a reversal of Trump’s deeply-held values (if he has any), nor is […]
5 random things for Friday (media love war, Milton Friedman, the battle against YouTube)
News Story of the Day: are we seeing signs of a recession? After the latest jobs report, we may be on the verge of the bust cycle. The United States economy added just 98,000 jobs in March, far below the initial forecast of 158,000. This is the fewest amount of jobs created since May, and […]
Equal Occupational Fatality Day to take place on January 21, 2029
On Tuesday, millions of Americans celebrated #EqualPayDay to bring attention to the debunked myth of the gender pay gap. Well, except Elizabeth Warren for obvious reasons. Although this idea has been slammed repeatedly, it is still purported by politicians, the media and academics. Why? The reasons vary. Do you know what day is often ignored? […]