Over the weekend, openly defiant CEOs, particularly among the tech sector, expressed their displeasure with Trump's Friday executive order on travel from seven Muslim countries with both words and deeds, among which the following (summary courtesy of Axios):
Submitted by Matt Stoller via The Intercept,
In 2011, unemployment was at a near crisis level. The jobless rate was stuck around 9 percent nationally, an unusually high number due to the continuing effects of the financial crash.
Pension Funds represent the retirement accounts for basically 99% of the working class. Because they don't have many choices, unlike Ultra High Net Worth Individuals. Global Pension Assets stand at a staggering $35 Trillion according to Willis Towers Watson:
President Trump has slammed the previous administration for “profiteering” on student loans, and has vowed to end the “student loans scam”. In an interview with The Hill, Trump laid the blame on the student loan crisis firmly on the shoulders of the federal government – which he says will come to an end on his watch. “That’s probably one of the only things the government shouldn’t make money off. I think it’s terrible that one of the only profit centers we have is student loans,” he said.
Dear Bernie, as you continue in your never-ending "Fight for $15", we thought you might benefit from a simple example of how economics work in a real life, functioning, capitalistic society. You see, Bernie, labor, much like your daily serving of crunchy granola, is just another "good" that businesses can choose to consume more or less of, depending on price. And, just to be crystal clear, when the price of labor (i.e.