Inflation usually helps the economy at large, but not the 1% if wages rise. So the 1% says that it is terrible.

Inflation usually helps the economy at large, but not the 1% if wages rise. So the 1% says that it is terrible.

Michael Hudson

Rather fail with honor than succeed by fraud.

Rather fail with honor than succeed by fraud.

The truth is always the strongest argument.

The truth is always the strongest argument.

Europe is acting in a very self-destructive manner but is doing so because it's trying to be loyal to the United States.

Europe is acting in a very self-destructive manner but is doing so because it's trying to be loyal to the United States.

I think we're in the take-the-money-and-run stage of the economy. So the banks may go under, but the bankers, who make the policy, clean up.

I think we're in the take-the-money-and-run stage of the economy. So the banks may go under, but the bankers, who make the policy, clean up.

The United States Government has fought against the creation of an international court to adjudicate the ability of national economies to pay debts.

The United States Government has fought against the creation of an international court to adjudicate the ability of national economies to pay debts.

Either you can save the economy, or you can save the One Percent from losing a single penny.

Either you can save the economy, or you can save the One Percent from losing a single penny.

On the flat tax, the more you compress the tax rates, the more you untax where the income is made, at the top of the pyramid.

On the flat tax, the more you compress the tax rates, the more you untax where the income is made, at the top of the pyramid.

Trump's junk economics is the illusion that if we cut the taxes on the wealthiest brackets, it'll all trickle down. But it doesn't trickle down.

Trump's junk economics is the illusion that if we cut the taxes on the wealthiest brackets, it'll all trickle down. But it doesn't trickle down.

That's the

That's the "magic" of double-taxation treaties: you can shop around for the lowest taxer.

If the economy is growing, people want to employ more workers. If you hire more labour, wages go up.

If the economy is growing, people want to employ more workers. If you hire more labour, wages go up.

When you say

When you say "paying the banks," what they mean is paying the bank bondholders. They are the One Percent.

To the deficit commission, depression is the solution to the problem, not a problem.

To the deficit commission, depression is the solution to the problem, not a problem.

We're still in the collapse that began after 2008. There's not a new collapse, there hasn't been a recovery.

We're still in the collapse that began after 2008. There's not a new collapse, there hasn't been a recovery.

Trump's claims that he's making taxes more democratic for the people, but it is a vast sucking of income and wealth upward.

Trump's claims that he's making taxes more democratic for the people, but it is a vast sucking of income and wealth upward.

To save the banks, you would have to turn the entire Eurozone into Greece.

To save the banks, you would have to turn the entire Eurozone into Greece.

Paying debt service to banks leaves less income to buy goods and services.

Paying debt service to banks leaves less income to buy goods and services.

You have the economic vocabulary turning into the vocabulary of deception.

You have the economic vocabulary turning into the vocabulary of deception.

High housing prices don't help the economy. They raise the cost of living.

High housing prices don't help the economy. They raise the cost of living.