Et tu, Krugman?
I’ve long been an admirer of Paul Krugman of The New York Times as he’s a rational and accessible liberal economist who genuinely seems to have the...
Over the Borderline: Part Three.
Explore the economic factors driving mass migration from Central and South America in the final installment of Over The Borderline. Learn about LAC...
Phone A Friend: Tad DeLay.
Welcome to Phone A Friend. Today we’re speaking with Tad DeLay, the author of the newly released book Future of Denial: The Ideologies of Climate...
SPACtacular Bullsh*t.
Discover how Donald Trump used a SPAC to take his failing social media platform public, adding billions to his net worth. Explore the shady world of...
Mental Health Care in America.
Explore the dark connection between capitalism and mental health in America, tracing the history of treatment from asylums to community care, and the...
Phone A Friend: Nick Hanauer of Pitchfork Economics.
Delve into an insightful conversation with Nick Hanauer of Pitchfork Economics on challenging neoliberal messaging, advocating for economic policy...
Understanding Socialism: Part Six.
The final, final (no really) installment in our series on socialism looks narrowly at the period between World War One and the Russian Revolution to...
Understanding Socialism: Part Five
This is technically the final installment of our series “Understanding Socialism,” where we cover the period between the Paris Commune in 1871 and...
What is Bidenomics?
Explore the complex world of Bidenomics and its potential impact on the US economy in the midst of global economic shifts, with a focus on China's...
Understanding Socialism: Part Four.
It’s Part Four this week, and things are really heating up. We’re bridging the gap between the “critique” years and the “praxis” years with a deep...
Understanding Socialism: Part Three.
We have the third installment in our socialism series, where we resume our journey beginning in 1825 and the collapse of Robert Owen’s New Harmony...
Understanding Socialism: Part Two.
Believe it or not, we’re still not up to Karl Marx, because we’re mired in the turn of the 19th century. Part Two reveals the progenitors of...
Understanding Socialism: Part One.
This week on UNFTR we have the first in the series on socialism. After our “ISMs” refresher last week, we dip our toes into the communal water and...
Updated Tax Evasion Figures.
An explosive new report from the Bureau of Economic Research just landed, and it seems that no one in the media or political class cares. The report...