Wisconsin Farm Bankruptcies

Wisconsin ranks second in organic farms nationwide.

Yet, Wisconsin Is Again Leading The Nation In Farm Bankruptcies.

Winning? Making America Great Again?

It's bewildering that conservatives (in this case, farmers) keep voting for politicians that continually do them harm.

The orange buffoon, and his willing accomplices, have done everything they can to hinder, hurt and destroy anything they touch. 

These know-nothings are doing everything they can to destroy local Wisconsin farmers. If they have their way, America will be left with only a few mega-farming corporations providing our food. 

Sad.

Why We Need to Break Up Big Tech

Amazon & Dead Zones

Any Democrat Will Do 2020

So many good candidates and good ideas.  Hopefully the Democratic Party can coalesce into a strong, coherent platform with unwavering candidates for President and Vice President.

Elizabeth Warren wants to break up Apple too

With Estate Tax on Nation's Richest, Bernie Sanders' "For the 99.8% Act" Applauded for Targeting "Tyranny of Plutocracy"

The Democratic Party Wants to Make Climate Policy Exciting

The Green New Deal, explained

Cory Booker’s plan to fight wealth inequality: give poor kids money

Proposal to impose a progressive annual wealth tax on American households with net worth (sum of all assets net of debts) above $50 million

Sen. Sanders’ College for All Act

Sanders Files Bill to Strengthen, Expand Social Security

Bernie Sanders's new Medicare-for-all plan, explained

Two senators are proposing national rent relief bills. Here’s why it matters

Warren Proposes Universal Child Care Plan Funded by Wealth Tax

Ending the War on Marijuana

Weekend Reading

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's Tax Hike Idea Is Not About Soaking The Rich
Unions Did Great Things For The Working Class
Economists Get Serious About Harm From Monopolies
If Only Obama Had Done The Things Obama Actually Did
Antitrust And The Financial Sector
Cory Booker's Baby Bonds Nearly Close The Racial Wealth Gap For Young Adults
All Of The Extremist Killings In The US In 2018 Had Links To Right-Wing Extremism
How Elizabeth Warren's Wealth Tax Would Remake America
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Crusher Of Sacred Cows
Progressive Labor Standards
What Do We Actually Know About The Economy?
Yes, Polarization Is Asymmetric - And Conservatives Are Worse
Should Billionaires Even Exist?
How Frigid Polar Vortex Blasts Are Connected To Global Warming
The Wealth Gap And Miller Park's Deal
Republicans Cynically Demonized Government For Decades. The Shutdown Belongs To Them.

Weekend Reading

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Wants To Raise Taxes On The Rich - And Americans Agree
Economists Get Serious About Harm From Monopolies
Declining Birth Rates: Are We In Danger Of Running Out Of People?
The House Democrats' Colossal Election Reform Bill Could Save American Democracy
Why You're Wrong About Communism: Here Are 7 Huge Misconceptions About It - And Capitalism
Why Scott Walker's Welfare Legacy Will Outlast Him
The Future Of The Great Lakes
Anticompetitive Mergers In Labor Markets
Labor Market Concentration
Beware of Consultants Bearing Rosy News About Mergers

Unions Did Great Things For The Working Class

Weekend Reading

Is Trump Country Really Better Off Under Trump? No. It's Falling Further Behind
The Scandinavian Style Of Capitalism
What Do We Actually Know About The Economy? (Wonkish)
How The Koch Brothers Are Killing Public Transit Projects Around The Country
A Stats-Based Look Behind The Venture Capital Curtain
Working Class People Are Underrepresented In Politics. The Problem isn't Voters.
P/E Ratios Are Misleading...Especially Right Now
America's Monopoly Problem In One Chart
America Has A Monopoly Problem - And It's Huge

Corporate Consolidation

Sunday Reading

Why Private Equity Firms Like Bain Really Are The Worst Of Capitalism
Supply-Siders Still Push What Doesn't Work
The U.S Is The Sick Man Of The Developed World
Celebrating Greenspan's Legacy Of Failure
More Minimum Wage Distraction, Stuart Varney Edition
John McCain Is The Perfect American Lie
30 Firms Earn Half Of The Total Profit Made By All U.S. Public Companies
S&P 500's Biggest Pension Plans Face $382 Billion Funding Gap
Democrats Are Finally Waking Up To The Monopoly Problem
A New Deal For Wall Street

Monopoly

Molson Coors to buy full ownership of MillerCoors for $12 billion
A-B InBev to pay $107 billion to buy SABMiller

Monopoly Utilities

Bruce Murphy, in Monopoly Greed, uncovers:

• A new study by the state Public Service Commission (PSC) shows electric rates are now 21 percent higher than other Midwestern states and 10 percent higher than the national average. 
• Wisconsin utilities have been allowed to jack up electric rates by 55 percent from 2002-2010, during a period when inflation rose by just 20 percent. 
• A study by the UW-Milwaukee Employment & Training Institute found that the average cost of heat and electricity for city of Milwaukee renters, all customers of We Energies, nearly doubled in just six years, rising from $1,318 in 2000 to $2,227 in 2006.
• These ever-higher rates have helped drive profits for We Energies: year after year the company has reaped profits of 10 to 12 percent.
• Wisconsin utilities had the second-highest profit margin among 26 states studied.
• Those generous profits, in turn, help pay for huge bonuses for We Energies executives, which amounted to $77 million over the last three years, according to annual reports it files with the PSC.
• Those profits have also been good for the company’s stock price, which has risen by 17 percent year-to-date (33% over the past calendar year). 
• We Energies would like to see more increases in the years to come. Company officials are requesting an annual increase of 3.6 percent for both 2013 and 2014, though the estimated rate of inflation for those years is 2.2 percent and 2.3 percent respectively.

The Monopoly Economy

These 10 Companies Control An Enormous Number Of Consumer Brands