Recession
Judge blocks Trump’s attempt to defund Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
January 7, 2026The CFPB was established to stop bank rip-offs and prevent another 2008-style crash. Trump put Project 2025 author Russell Vought in charge of killing it.
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Banker admits corporate greed drives inflation, but says recession needed ‘to force unemployment’
July 10, 2023Societe Generale analyst admits “greedflation”—i.e. corporate greed—to blame for price hikes, but says workers should pay regardless.
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Congressional Republicans’ debt limit scam risks economic disaster
May 11, 2023Social Security, Medicare, and food stamp payments won’t be processed and a recession is guaranteed if GOP doesn’t act.
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‘Be your own boss!’: The myth of unemployment as opportunity
February 7, 2023Most new small businesses fail, but capitalism’s spin doctors are still telling laid-off workers that losing their job is a chance for success.
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A National Infrastructure Bank could be the answer to both inflation and recession
August 19, 2022It’s been done before, and it could be done again.
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