By: Clint Siegner The gaggle of socialist candidates vying to win the Democratic nomination for president all agree on one thing. They believe government should be doing a lot more. Just how to pay for all of those dreams is the question. Modern Monetary Theory (MMT), we are told by the likes of Alexandria Ocasio […]
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Week in Review: April 1 to April 7
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: Is Lyft’s 12% crash a sign of Uber’s future? MSNBC, Washington Post comes to the defense of Creepy Uncle Joe Biden TRUMP IS RIGHT: Sanctions are a war […]
Random Friday: Lyft’s first sell rating, stuff, the breakfast myth
News Story of the Day: Things started off well for Lyft, but it has been tumbling since its initial public offering (IPO). After receiving its first “sell” rating and a price target of $42, Lyft shed another couple of percentage points on Thursday. So far, Lyft shares have plunged more than eight percent since its […]
#EqualPayDay: How Uber debunked the gender pay gap myth
By: Andrew Moran For feminists, there has been a grand conspiracy perpetrated by the patriarchy to keep women down. Despite women dominating post-secondary studies, millennial ladies earning more than millennial gentlemen, and the female unemployment rate being lower than their gender counterpart’s, there is a paranoia that they are being stifled through sexism, misogyny, and a nefarious plot emanating from a […]
Random Friday: Interest rates, school administrators, John Brennan
News Story of the Day: Will the Federal Reserve slash interest rates soon? The United States central bank already confirmed that it has taken a breather on raising rates and unwinding the $4 trillion balance sheet. So, anything is possible at this point. But the White House is going as far as encouraging the Eccles […]