economy

A zero-tech explainer on the hype bubble roiling markets and inflating your electricity bills

Trump was handed an economy in which unemployment was at record lows, inflation was under control, and economic growth was at an ideal level. Now it's all gone.

Everybody knows Trump's killing the economy, but nobody seems to particularly care.

Humanity is deep into a struggle over Earth's basic resources. That fight isn't humans vs. AI. It's 99.99% of humanity against the 0.01% willing to do anything to stay in power.

There has never been a greater war on the American dream than the one that Donald Trump and his supporters in Congress and the courts are waging at this moment.

A court panel again affirms that Congress, not the president, sets tariffs.

"The President’s chaotic and haphazard implementation of tariffs is not only deeply troubling, it’s illegal"

Emily Ley, a small business owner from Pensacola, Florida, displayed the courage lacking elsewhere.

Even the biggest believers have finally had to confess that the real Elon doesn't live up to the hype. In the process of screwing everyone else, Musk has screwed himself.

The trade war is still escalating, but the United States has already lost. No other nation will again think of the United States as either a trusted ally or a safe harbor in a financial storm.

If you're looking for sanity from Trump's cabinet, don't bother. They're in full Dear Leader mode.

Congress could stop him anytime they wanted to. But that would require Republicans to have an ounce of courage.

What Trump is doing is simple: By cutting the number of federal workers and selling off hundreds of federal buildings, he's creating a glut of office space that ensures he, his friends, and his family can pick up these buildings for pennies on the dollar.

DOGE is going to pretend to save money, Republicans are going to help turn billionaires into trillionaires, and everything you now expect from the government is going to turn into a service that costs you more and gives you less.

If you're looking for real government efficiency, look no further than the 10-person team at the IRS that discovered $5 billion owed to the nation by wealthy tax cheats. That team is gone.

While most Americans have been watching their retirement savings shrink, wealthy players have been profiting from the disastrous market under Trump.

The current Biden-appointed commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics hasn't been fired yet, but the inevitable bad jobs reports in coming months could put her in the unemployment line.