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Archives: Economy
![How GOP plans to repeal Health Care will blight millions of Lives](http://web.archive.org./web/20170921185128im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/09/how-gop-plans-to-repeal-health-c-187x137.jpg)
![Those 90 Companies that Caused Climate Crisis? They Should Pay for It](http://web.archive.org./web/20170921185128im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/09/those-90-companies-that-caused-c-187x137.jpg)
Those 90 Companies that Caused Climate Crisis? They Should Pay for It
By Sarah van Gelder | Yes! Magazine | - - The companies responsible for the climate crisis should cover the costs of fighting wildfires and recovering from hurricanes. Pacific Northwest forests are…![Superstorm Donald Hits GOP, aims to Ravage US](http://web.archive.org./web/20170921185128im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/09/superstorm-donald-hits-gop-aims-187x137.jpg)
Superstorm Donald Hits GOP, aims to Ravage US
By John Feffer | ( Foreign Policy in Focus ) | - - If Trump succeeds in ramping up military spending and gutting everything else, we’ll be left with a bunch of…![AT&T and Verizon Need to Hang Up On Fossil Fuels](http://web.archive.org./web/20170921185128im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/09/att-and-verizon-need-to-hang-up-187x137.jpg)
AT&T and Verizon Need to Hang Up On Fossil Fuels
By Todd Larsen | Otherwords.org | - - One text at a time, America's largest telecommunications companies are fueling climate change. Smartphones are a huge part of our lives. We use them…![Tax Cuts for the Rich Help the Rich, Not You](http://web.archive.org./web/20170921185128im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/09/tax-cuts-for-the-rich-help-the-r-187x137.jpg)
Tax Cuts for the Rich Help the Rich, Not You
By Josh Hoxie | ( Inequality.org ) | - - Big money will pull out all the stops to sell you a tax plan that exclusively benefits the wealthy. Don’t buy it.…![Why Climate Criminals like Exxon should pay for Hurricane Destruction](http://web.archive.org./web/20170921185128im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/09/why-climate-criminals-like-exxon-187x137.jpg)
Why Climate Criminals like Exxon should pay for Hurricane Destruction
By Jake Johnson, staff writer | ( Commondreams.org) | - - "It may take tens to hundreds of billions of dollars to support disaster relief and recovery among Gulf Coast communities affected…![Trump “presidency” as Ponzi Scheme: Madoff in the White House?](http://web.archive.org./web/20170921185128im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/09/trump-presidency-as-ponzi-scheme-187x137.jpg)
Trump “presidency” as Ponzi Scheme: Madoff in the White House?
John Feffer | (Foreign Policy in Focus) | - - Here and abroad, Trump's wealthy backers understand that his populist rhetoric is a masquerade. In 1993, I arrived one fall evening in…![Green Energy Jobs: Top 7 Pieces of Rare Good News for US Workers on Labor Day](http://web.archive.org./web/20170921185128im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/09/green-energy-jobs-top-7-pieces-o-187x137.jpg)
Green Energy Jobs: Top 7 Pieces of Rare Good News for US Workers on Labor Day
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - 1. The Christian Science Monitor says that in 2016, US solar businesses employed 260,077 workers – up 25 percent from 2015. 2. That…![Media Ignore Harvey’s Devastation of Working Class Communities](http://web.archive.org./web/20170921185128im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/09/media-ignore-harveys-devastation-187x137.jpg)
Media Ignore Harvey’s Devastation of Working Class Communities
By Jake Johnson, staff writer | ( Commondreams.org) | - - "Hurricanes don't care if you're rich, poor, white, or black—but that doesn't mean that every person is equally vulnerable to a…![here Do “Alt-Right” Groups Get Their Money?](http://web.archive.org./web/20170921185128im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/09/here-do-alt-right-groups-get-the-187x137.jpg)
Where Do “Alt-Right” Groups Get Their Money?
AJ+ | (Video News Report) | - - "As white nationalists protest across the country, we wanted to know who's financially funding their hate. And there's more money in it than you…![Remember GOP in Texas opposing Aid for NY after Sandy? Now they want Aid](http://web.archive.org./web/20170921185128im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/08/remember-gop-in-texas-opposing-a-187x137.jpg)
Remember GOP in Texas opposing Aid for NY after Sandy? Now they want Aid
By Jake Johnson, staff writer | ( Commondreams.org) | - - Ted Cruz, who voted against a relief package for states impacted by Hurricane Sandy, urged President Trump on Friday to quickly…![Germany’s Merkel: A Selfish & Isolationist America isn’t “Great Again”](http://web.archive.org./web/20170921185128im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/08/germanys-merkel-a-selfish-isolat-187x137.jpg)
Germany’s Merkel: A Selfish & Isolationist America isn’t “Great Again”
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - In an interview with Handelsblatt , German Chancellor Angela Merkel took on Donald Trump's philosophy directly. She said that Trump's isolationism cannot make…![Bannon must go, but after that, Protesters should listen to Bernie](http://web.archive.org./web/20170921185128im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/08/bannon-must-go-but-after-that-pr-187x137.jpg)
Bannon must go, but after that, Protesters should listen to Bernie
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Steve Bannon ran, and is still likely pulling the strings at, Breitbart, the "Stormfront" in a business suit with a skinny tie. Bannon…![As Trump leaves Paris Accord, Wind jobs are fastest growing in US next Decade](http://web.archive.org./web/20170921185128im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/08/as-trump-leaves-paris-accord-win-187x137.jpg)
As Trump leaves Paris Accord, Wind jobs are fastest growing in US next Decade
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - CBS News reports that jobs in the wind energy field will grow 108 percent in the next 7 years. Working on wind turbines,…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170921185128im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/08/China-Maritime-Silk-Road-187x137.png)
The Dragon Arrives: 1st Chinese overseas Military Base in Djibouti
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - China has just inaugurated its first military base abroad, in the tiny Red Sea country of Djibouti. Beijing has a long way to…![Unable To Kill Obamacare, Republicans Plot To Kill Medicare (TYT Video)](http://web.archive.org./web/20170921185128im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/07/unable-to-kill-obamacare-republi-187x137.jpg)
Unable To Kill Obamacare, Republicans Plot To Kill Medicare (TYT Video)
Cenk Uygur | (The Young Turks Video Report) | - - "Republicans want to privatize, cut, and eventually kill Medicare. Cenk Uygur, host of The Young Turks, breaks it down. "If House…![Trump’s Worst Collusion Isn’t With Russia — It’s With Corporations](http://web.archive.org./web/20170921185128im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/07/trumps-worst-collusion-isnt-with-187x137.jpg)
Trump’s Worst Collusion Isn’t With Russia — It’s With Corporations
By Peter Certo | (Otherwords.org) | - - The billionaires who backed Trump are making out a lot better than Putin. I’ve always been a little skeptical that there’d be a smoking…![Uber Can be Fixed; and Mideast Women Need It](http://web.archive.org./web/20170921185128im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/07/uber-can-be-fixed-and-mideast-wo-187x137.jpg)
Uber Can be Fixed; and Mideast Women Need It
By Neslihan Cevik | (Informed Comment) | - - While in such metropolises as New York or Istanbul, Uber is most famous for hacking the commercial taxi system, it has hacked something…![Top 5 things Trump is doing to us Worse than insulting Mika](http://web.archive.org./web/20170921185128im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/06/top-5-things-trump-is-doing-to-u-187x137.jpg)
Top 5 things Trump is doing to us Worse than insulting Mika
by Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Yes, Trump's gratuitous Twitter insult to newswoman Mika Brzezinski was horrible. But US cable news and even a lot of print news are…![Trump Son-In-Law did not declare $285m Loan from Deutsche Bank](http://web.archive.org./web/20170921185128im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/06/trump-son-in-law-did-not-declare-187x137.jpg)