Salvatore Babones: Inequality, Greed, and the Demise of our Better Natures
Greed is not good, and high inequality is making all of us greedier than we should, or could, be.
Tag Archives: Jobs
Salvatore Babones: California Can Find the Heart to Maintain CalWORKs
California can and should find the $1 billion it needs to maintain its current bare-bones CalWORKs support.
Salvatore Babones: European Austerity: Following in America’s Footsteps
Europeans must decide whether their societies are to be governed by the people, for the people or by the market, for the market.
Salvatore Babones: Why the Jobless Recovery?
Economists will give you all sorts of answers based on technical factors, but in the end it all comes down to one word: inequality.
Salvatore Babones: Austerity is not the Answer; Employment is the Answer
Austerity is a political decision, not an economic one. It benefits the few at the expense of the many.
Salvatore Babones: The Problem Isn’t Growth — The Problem Is Inequality
The US economy has been growing since July 2009. So why aren’t things improving in the US realonomy?
Salvatore Babones: What’s Holding Back the US Economy?
Declines in government spending are holding back GDP growth at a time governments at all levels should be hiring to create jobs.
Salvatore Babones: When Does a Recession Become a Depression?
Recession or Depression? The FOMC expects current conditions to last at least until 2014.
Salvatore Babones: Job Churning, Job Creation, and the Reregulation of America’s Realonomy
Twenty million Americans need jobs. Government regulation and government employment are key to putting them back to work. We must reregulate the realonomy.
Salvatore Babones: Employment in Today’s Realonomy
At long last the jobs figures are improving — or are they?