Tag: Politics
Part 2 of Extended Discussion on Austerity and inflation
PAUL JAY: Welcome back to The Real News Network. I’m Paul Jay in Baltimore. And this is part two of our interview with Stephanie Seguino. We’re talking about the effects of austerity, particularly the effects that aren’t as easy to quantify, for example the lack or weakening of a social safety net, what effect that has on children and their…
UN Claims That Runaway Wealth Inequality Is Destabilizing Democracy
This week, the United Nations issued a new report telling us that runaway income inequality, both in the United States and in other countries across the planet, has a destabilizing effect on democracies and in fact, if inequality continues to grow in the way that it is, you can pretty much go ahead and kiss your democracy good-bye. Here is…
