Why President Kennedy’s 1963 “Peace Speech” Matters Today
By 1963, the United States, the Soviet Union, France, the United Kingdom, and China had conducted over 500 nuclear tests in the atmosphere. The fallout from these tests poisoned our air, land, and bodies. Yet, the American public, convinced that an arms race was necessary for their safety, was largely opposed to an atmospheric nuclear […]
This is ‘the end of the beginning’ of the battle against inflation, economist says
U.S. Federal Reserve Board Chairman Jerome Powell speaks during a news conference following a meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) at the headquarters of the Federal Reserve on June 14, 2023 in Washington, DC. Drew Angerer | Getty Images News | Getty Images Central banks are at “the end of the beginning” in […]
Citing pandemic, Biden advisor defends stimulus and inflation surge
The Covid-19 pandemic, rather than Joe Biden’s economic policies and stimulus packages, is the “real cause” of high inflation, according to a member of the U.S. President’s Council of Economic Advisers. In an interview over the weekend, it was put to Heather Boushey that a key criticism against “Bidenomics” and the huge stimulus it had […]
US Sending Most Deadly Of All Weapons To Ukraine That Kills More Civilian Than Soldiers
Cluster Bombs kill more civilians than soldiers and are one of the most lethal weapons that destroy any territory. More than 120 countries have signed on to an international treaty banning the weapons, which typically scatter a large number of smaller so-called bomblets over a large area that can kill or maim unwary civilians months or […]
Is the job market “healthy”?
Recent data shows a very strong labor market in the US. Some progressives have argued that this proves their longstanding claim that we could do better on the jobs front, and that for most of our history we’ve had an unnecessarily weak job market. I have some sympathy for this argument, but I’d like to […]
