Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) is gradually gaining momentum, climbing to third place in national polls. Warren’s Trump-esque economic diatribes about protecting American workers and creating U.S. jobs have been catching the eye of one prominent conservative political commentator: Tucker Carlson. On his show, he championed Warren’s recent statements that asserted public policy has encouraged American […]
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Week in Review: June 3 to June 9
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: RETIREMENT CRISIS: 25% of Americans forced into retirement, lack funds to survive WATCH: 2020 presidential candidate blowout – free stuff vs. bailouts GIMME SHELTON: Trump’s newest Fed pick […]
Random Friday: May jobs report, interest rates, Common Core
News Story of the Day: Well, it wasn’t a May that many had hoped for or forecasted, so how will President Donald Trump spin it? He will likely say, “See! That’s why we need lower interest rates!” According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), the U.S. economy added just 75,000 new jobs and the […]
How economists serve as ‘useful idiots’ for AOC, other green tyrants
By: Robert Murphy In the old Soviet Union, the Communists allegedly used1 the term “useful idiot” to describe Westerners whose naïve political views furthered the Soviet agenda, even though these Westerners didn’t realize that they were being exploited in such fashion. It is in this context that I confidently declare that American economists have been useful idiotsfor the green socialists […]
Week in Review: May 27 to June 2
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: Fake news, Trump’s libel laws demand, and paging Walter Block North Korea calls John Bolton a ‘warmonger’, ‘defective human product’ How Trump’s tariffs are erasing America’s soy, natural […]