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A Tiny Bit Of Good News On Inequality Before It All Goes To HellThe good news: our relatively strong economy helped to raise wages for everyone in 2016. The bad news: this is a mere blip in the context of overall inequality. And it’s likely to get worse....

You Can Quantify How Differently Democrats And Republicans See The FutureNo need to just guess how different our worldview (the smart ones) is from the others (dumb, bad people). There are numbers—awful, awful numbers....

This Letter Is Capitalism's Dream And America's NightmareOne of the many terrifying aspects of having Donald Trump as president is that he, like all children, is very easily persuaded. Single meetings and conversations can shape his entire, pliable worldview. The wolves of corporate America know what easy prey looks like....

Please Keep This In Mind Now That Donald Trump Is Taking Over The Economy

To all the Wall Street titans, billionaires, and run-of-the-mill rich people who are celebrating the ascendance of Donald Trump to the White House: please keep this one piece of context in mind....

Study: America's Large Adult Sons Economically Crippled By Good Video Games

The bare fact will not surprise you: Many of our country’s young men fritter away potential work hours by enjoying fun leisure activities instead. Nor is it especially news that more men do this more often than they did even a decade ago—we’ve had a recession in the interim, after all. What is odd i...

Thu-uh-uh-uh-uh-uh Yankees Lose (Some Operating Expenses)

The Yankees are looking to cut some $15 million from their 2009 Opening Day payroll of $201 million. Wait, so this means they'll only be able to afford John Lackey or Matt Holliday? Not both? The recession's hitting everybody. [MLB.com]...