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Get Howard's book here: https://a.co/d/dKN61sC
Tariffs are threatening, AI is replacing jobs, inflation is on the rise, and the word “recession” is being bandied about. The economy is on everyone’s mind these days—because we’re living it! But few people feel like they understand economics well enough to determine which policies would work best and champion those policies effectively.
Howard Yaruss can break down our economic system in a straightforward, nonpartisan way, avoiding jargon as he answers such questions as:
· Who pays for tariffs and how do they affect prices, jobs, and our economy?
· Are the government’s huge deficits and escalating national debt threats to our well-being?
· What causes inflation, how big a problem is it, and how can we rein it in?
· Could alternative currencies like Bitcoin replace the dollar?
· What does the Fed do and how does it affect our lives?
· Why is inequality soaring and what can we do about it?
· Do tax cuts for the wealthy create jobs or just more inequality?
· Why do so many people believe free trade is good if it causes some people to lose jobs?
· Are we headed for a recession and, if so, what can be done to get the economy back on track?
HOWARD YARUSS is an economist, professor, attorney, businessman, and activist who has taught a variety of courses on economics and business and currently teaches at New York University. Prior to teaching, he served as Executive Vice President and General Counsel of Radian Group, one of the largest guarantors of debt in the world. Yaruss graduated from Brown University, studied at the London School of Economics, and earned a law degree from the University of Pennsylvania.
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Read Jason Myles in Sublation Magazine https://www.sublationmag.com/writers/jason-myles
Read Jason Myles in Damage Magazine https://damagemag.com/2023/11/07/the-man-who-sold-the-world/
Read Jason in Unaligned here: https://substack.com/home/post/p-161586946...
Read, "We're All Sellouts Now" here: https://benburgis.substack.com/.../all-we-ever-wanted-was...
2 days ago
2 days ago
Read "Welcome to the Rebellion" here: https://www.amazon.com/-/es/Welcome-Rebellion-Hope-Radical-Politics/dp/1789043670
Sometimes we need a new hope, when all hope seems lost.
An extension of his 2017 Tax cuts for the 1%, massive slashing of services like Medicaid and SNAP, and more money for ICE and the military..WHAT COULD GO WRONG? We'll discuss.
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Read Jason Myles in Sublation Magazine https://www.sublationmag.com/writers/jason-myles
Read Jason Myles in Damage Magazine https://damagemag.com/2023/11/07/the-man-who-sold-the-world/
Read Jason in Unaligned here: https://substack.com
Read, "We're All Sellouts Now" here: https://benburgis.substack.com/.../all-we-ever-wanted-wa
3 days ago
3 days ago
Jason and Emily continue their conversation from the main show, and then it got crazy..
3 days ago
3 days ago
Read Emily's article in Current Affairs magazine here: https://www.currentaffairs.org/.../how-we-stopped-caring...
From the article:
"In recent years, our pop culture landscape has become so dominated by athletic-wear brand deals and laxative pill endorsements that it’s hard to remember an alternative. A-listers now seem to treat art like a side hustle, and advertising as their main career. It’s not enough for McConaughey to earn millions by smoldering through the window of a luxury Lincoln SUV, or lounging shirtless for Dolce & Gabbana cologne. He just had to become the creative director for Wild Turkey Bourbon, launch his own “Pantalones Organic Tequila” brand, and now, lend his rugged charisma to AI platforms. "
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Read Jason Myles in Sublation Magazine https://www.sublationmag.com/writers/jason-myles
Read Jason Myles in Damage Magazine https://damagemag.com/2023/11/07/the-man-who-sold-the-world/
Read Jason in Unaligned here: https://substack.com/home/post/p-161586946...
Read, "We're All Sellouts Now" here: https://benburgis.substack.com/.../all-we-ever-wanted-was...
4 days ago
4 days ago
Read Ted's piece in Compact Magazine here: https://www.compactmag.com/.../americas-exploding-debt-bomb/
From the article:
"The numbers are grim. The debt-to-GDP ratio has remained above 120 percent since 2020, higher than it was at the end of World War II. The national debt is set to hit $40 trillion in 2026, up from $530 billion in 1975. Meanwhile, the 10-year Treasury yield, a key benchmark for everything from mortgages to business loans, has climbed from a pandemic low of 0.6 percent to more than 4.5 percent, driving up the cost of credit across the board, pinching ordinary Americans in the form of rising housing costs and inaccessible credit. Bond yields have continued to rise even after Trump softened or paused some of his tariffs. "
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Read Jason Myles in Sublation Magazine https://www.sublationmag.com/writers/jason-myles
Read Jason Myles in Damage Magazine https://damagemag.com/2023/11/07/the-man-who-sold-the-world/
Read Jason in Unaligned here: https://substack.com/home/post/p-161586946...
Read, "We're All Sellouts Now" here: https://benburgis.substack.com/.../all-we-ever-wanted-was...
5 days ago
5 days ago
The Lakers just sold $10 billion, right after the (at the time) World Champion Celtics was valued at $6 billion--why are these franchises Selling so quickly? Who's Buying them and why? We discuss.
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Twitter: @TIRShowOakland
Instagram: @thisisrevolutionoakland
Read Jason Myles in Sublation Magazine https://www.sublationmag.com/writers/jason-myles
Read Jason Myles in Damage Magazine https://damagemag.com/2023/11/07/the-man-who-sold-the-world/
Read Jason in Unaligned here: https://substack.com/home/post/p-161586946...
Read, "We're All Sellouts Now" here: https://benburgis.substack.com/.../all-we-ever-wanted-was...
Thursday Jul 10, 2025
Thursday Jul 10, 2025
Mac joins Jason in the Champagne Room where they watch some #BackToTheBeginning last Ozzy/Black Sabbath concert and more..
Thursday Jul 10, 2025
Thursday Jul 10, 2025
Read the book, "Flowers for Marx" here: https://www.revolpress.com/flowers
Check out our new bi-weekly series, "The Crisis Papers" here: https://www.patreon.com/bitterlakepresents/shop
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Read Jason Myles in Sublation Magazine https://www.sublationmag.com/writers/jason-myles
Read Jason Myles in Damage Magazine https://damagemag.com/2023/11/07/the-man-who-sold-the-world/
Read Jason in Unaligned here: https://substack.com/home/post/p-161586946...
Read, "We're All Sellouts Now" here: https://benburgis.substack.com/.../all-we-ever-wanted-was...
Wednesday Jul 09, 2025
Wednesday Jul 09, 2025
Get "Flowers for Marx" from Revol Press here: https://www.revolpress.com/flowers
"The resurgence of interest in Marx has generated vigorous and sometimes perplexing collisions of theory and politics online. This collection—featuring stimulating exchanges on Marxism, science, and humanism, and on socialism’s relation to liberalism—exemplifies their irreverent energy. It is partisan without being sectarian, learned without being academic.”
— Ray Brassier, author Nihil Unbound: Enlightenment and Extinction
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Read Jason Myles in Sublation Magazine https://www.sublationmag.com/writers/jason-myles
Read Jason Myles in Damage Magazine https://damagemag.com/2023/11/07/the-man-who-sold-the-world/
Read Jason in Unaligned here: https://substack.com/home/post/p-161586946...