What’s the Fate of Social Security in a Brutally Unequal America?
White House contenders ignore root causes threatening the program, potentially worsened by cuts. Is it due to reliance on wealthy donors?
It’s Not ‘Inflation’ — We’re Just Getting Ripped Off. Here’s Proof.
Corporate profits accounted for more than half of recent price increases. To stamp out inflation once and for all, we need to crack down on price gouging.
Wall Street Strikes Again With Mass Media Layoffs
There is one real solution to creating a modicum of job stability: Taming Wall Street’s greed.
Neocolonial Debt, Extractivism, and the Roots of Zambia’s Economic Crisis
Two of Zambia’s key copper mines have returned to foreign private control. The metal, which is 70% of Zambia’s exports, is a major source of foreign exchange at a time…
How Redlining’s Legacies Demand New Policy Action
Redlining has inscribed unjust boundaries in our cities and worsened inequality. It's time for bold policy solutions.
Ellen Brown: Casino Capitalism and the Derivatives Market: Time for Another ‘Lehman Moment’?
By Ellen Brown / Original to ScheerPost Reading the tea leaves for the 2024 economy is challenging. On January 5th, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said we have achieved a “soft…
Central Bank Digital Currencies’ (CBDCs) Near Universal Roll-Out Signals International Power Grab
By Stavroula Pabst / Original to ScheerPost Nigeria faced a months-long cash crunch earlier this year when a scarcity of paper notes led to days-long ATM lines, decimated access to…
$8.5 Trillion in Untaxed Assets: Data Shows Why ‘We Need a Billionaire Income Tax’
"While most Americans predominantly live off the income they earn from a job—income that is taxed all year, every year—the very richest households live lavishly off capital gains that may…
Israel’s Latest Weapon Against Palestine Is Egypt’s Debt
Will Egypt agree to take in the Palestinian population expelled from Gaza in exchange for the cancellation of its external debt?
Is Neoliberalism Really Dead? Or Does It Live on Like a Zombie?
Political economists Radhika Desai and Michael Hudson discuss neoliberalism, and the premature predictions about its demise.
VIDEO: Understanding the Insane Appeal of Argentina’s Javier Milei
By The Grayzone Renowned Argentine sociologist and anti-imperialist critic Atilio Boron joins The Grayzone to discuss the victory of former tantric sex coach and emotionally unhinged liberatarian economic fundamentalist Javier…
Ellen Brown: Three Presidents Who Made Thanksgiving a National Holiday—And What They Were Celebrating
By Ellen Brown / Original to ScheerPost Three U.S. presidents were instrumental in establishing Thanksgiving as a regular national event. On October 3, 1789, George Washington declared the first federal…
America’s War Economy and the Urgent Call for Peace in the Middle East
Liz Theoharis, co-chair of the Poor People’s Campaign, considers just how American financial and military power is being deployed at this moment and what that may mean, especially for the…
Biden and Congress – Ask the American People Before You Impose a Genocide Tax for Prosperous Israel
Asking the American people for their advice on sending $14.3 billion to Israel for its acknowledged, defense blunders is not difficult.
Fighting Billionaires’ Control of the Media, Individual News Vouchers
By Dean Baker / Beat the Press (CEPR) Mark Twain famously quipped that everyone always talks about the weather, but no one ever does anything about it. (This was before…