Social Issues

Authored by Jeff Reeves via The Hill

I’m not a fan of the “greed is good” mentality of Wall Street investment firms. But the next financial crisis that rocks America won’t be driven by bankers behaving badly. It will in fact be driven by pension funds that cannot pay out what they promised to retirees. According to one pension advocacy organization, nearly 1 million working and retired Americans are covered by pension plans at the risk of collapse.

As the GOP's healthcare reform bill was pulled on Friday, the major stock indices rebounded in a fit of confusion, helped by the collapse in market liquidity to the lowest levels of 2017...

However, as NorthmanTrader's Sven Henrich writes, nothing has been solved (or even addressed). Our country, whether people are willing to admit it or not, has deep structural problems that require deep thinking and broad support to solve them.

According to official statistics, the number of human trafficking victims identified in the UK has surged by nearly 80 percent in just a year. The latest data from the National Crime Agency (NCA) goes back [...]

When one strips away the partisan rhetoric and posturing, the practical impact of Friday's GOP failure to repeal Obamacare has a specific monetary impact: approximately $1 trillion.

Following President Trump's clarifying tweet yesterday that "Obamacare will explode" on its own...

ObamaCare will explode and we will all get together and piece together a great healthcare plan for THE PEOPLE. Do not worry!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 25, 2017

It is becoming increasingly clear that, even without the 'repeal', the Trump administration has already begun using its regulatory authority to water down less prominent aspects of Obamacare.