Fixing the Wall Street Journal
Runaway Inequality trainer Kris Raab has better advice about how to shelter in place. Read her story here.
Is Wall Street Killing Grandma?
As we scramble to locate hospital beds and life-saving equipment during this pandemic, remember that we are fighting two diseases. By Les Leopold If you or your loved ones become seriously ill during this pandemic crisis, either with Covid-19 or for any other reason, there may not be a hospital bed or life-saving equipment available …
Jeff Bezos is a Whole Lotta Rich. How Rich?
Amazon proudly claims that from 2010 to 2018 it contributed $168B to the US domestic gross product. Amazon, as we all know, is a big company owned by Jeff Bezos (he actually owns 12 percent of Amazon’s stock, the controlling interest). So a $168B contribution to the GDP sounds like a lot. According to Forbes …
Les Leopold at the Scotland County NAACP Youth MLK Celebration in North Carolina
Les, author of Runaway Inequality: An Activist’s Guide to Economic Justice, is the Guest Speaker.Johna Speller, Scotland Co. NAACP Youth president is the Youth Speaker.
A Talk About Reversing Runaway Inequality at Western Michigan University on Martin Luther King Day
Bill Farmer, an RRI trainer, a member of the Southwest Michigan SDA and Labor for Bernie, will give a talk to students in honor of Martin Luther King on January 20. The 12:30 PM event is part of a program put together by WMU’s Office of Diversity and Inclusion, featuring a number of speakers all …
Public Banking in New Jersey is For Real!
One of the prime goals of the Reversing Runaway Inequality program has been to advocate for public banking. While the details have to be ironed out, New Jersey is now moving forward with the creation of a public bank. You can read the news here. The San Francisco Chronicle also covered the event. Here is …
Public Banking in California Is For Real
California governor Gavin Newsom signed the bill into law on October 2, allowing city and county governments to set up publicly owned banks to accept tax and other revenue and fund infrastructure and other programs with lower costs than those offered by commercial banks. You can read the story in the Guardian here..
As California Considers a Public Bank, The Story of North Dakota’s
View this post on Instagram In 1945, the first transfer of the Bank’s profits to the general fund was made—$1,725! The next time this occurred was in 1949 and 1951, a veterans’ fund received $1.5 million. Learn more in The Bank of North Dakota, From Surviving to Thriving – The First 100 Years hardcover book. …
Read moreAs California Considers a Public Bank, The Story of North Dakota’s
Readings in Inequality. September 2019 Links
Each Sunday Tony Wikrent posts a list of links at Real Economics and Ian Welsh. Some are political, many lead to news about runaway inequality. This post borrows a few that seem to fit together very well. The New York Times reported that inequality is getting worse, which for poor people means more sickness and an earlier death. …
There was a RRI Workshop in White Plains NY this past week.
Sponsored by We The People Westchester, led by Joe Mayhew.