Tag: Congress

#SealTheDeal on $3.5 Trillion Infrastructure Plan

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GPI vs. GDP: Does Size Matter More Than Substance? 

U.S House Representative Ilhan Omar (D-MN) recently introduced a bill in Congress to overhaul GDP, the nation’s most watched economic indicator. July 30th she introduced the Genuine Progress Indicator (“GPI”) Act. It would be a significant change for the trajectory of the socio-economic system. GPI is a new way to calculate GDP, but passage of More

Source: GPI vs. GDP: Does Size Matter More Than Substance? – CounterPunch.org

It’s the Iron Collar of the Corporate State Until the People Collar the Congress 

Back in the mid-nineteen-fifties, the prolific, progressive political economist, Harvard’s John Kenneth Galbraith, developed his “theory of countervailing powers.” He asserted as big business got bigger, its overreach would be constrained by strong labor unions, regulators, and antitrust enforcement. Inside the realm of large companies, big retail chains could check the power of large manufacturers. More

Source: It’s the Iron Collar of the Corporate State Until the People Collar the Congress – CounterPunch.org