Where in the hell is Obama? where in the hell is Clinton? where in the hell is Harris? Where in the hell is Hillary?

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82. Why would they want to talk about it?

Obama seems to be focusing on pluralism, of all things.

Time to move past centrist capitulation to the right. It was never good policy nor good politics.

Under Obama, Democrats suffered a loss of 947 state legislative seats, 63 House seats, 11 senators, and 13 governors .



A Nobel prize winner challenges us to throw off the free market fundamentalists and reclaim our economy.

We all have the sense that the American economy―and its government―tilts toward big business, but as Joseph E. Stiglitz explains in his new book, People, Power, and Profits, the situation is dire. A few corporations have come to dominate entire sectors of the economy, contributing to skyrocketing inequality and slow growth. This is how the financial industry has managed to write its own regulations, tech companies have accumulated reams of personal data with little oversight, and our government has negotiated trade deals that fail to represent the best interests of workers. Too many have made their wealth through exploitation of others rather than through wealth creation. If something isn’t done, new technologies may make matters worse, increasing inequality and unemployment.

How Neoliberalism Failed, and What a Better Society.

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Aug 7, 2024 — As chief economist and senior fellow at the Roosevelt Institute, Joseph Stiglitz focuses on income distribution, risk, corporate governance, ...