OccuWorld · @OccuWorld
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The Economic Situation for Millions of Americans Is Still Incredibly Dire
https://jacobin.com/2023/08/joe-biden-pandemic-relief-economy-poverty
President Biden keeps touting improved economic indicators that don’t necessarily reflect the conditions of working people. Rather, data reveals an ongoing humanitarian crisis — one that Democrats were complicit in making, but so far refuse to acknowledge.
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#biden #economic #farce #humanitariancrisis #democrats #complicit #dire #situation #americans #homeless #medicalpaywall #wagetheft #rentgouging #corporatewindfalls #fleecingamerica #billionaires #bribery
Stephen Cook · @sccook
34 followers · 607 posts · Server mastodonapp.ukAn interesting survey by Ben Anstell on the current state of social mobility and aspiration in England. One of the key drivers is that young people now find themselves shut out from the housing market to an extent that simply didn't apply to their parents and grandparents.
https://open.substack.com/pub/benansell/p/aspiration-nation?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
#SocialMobility #SocialAspiration #education #inequality #rent #housing #RentGouging #InterGenerationalInequality #generations
#socialmobility #socialaspiration #education #inequality #rent #housing #rentgouging #intergenerationalinequality #generations
Stephen Cook · @sccook
31 followers · 594 posts · Server mastodonapp.uk
Cory Doctorow https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic provides some background on the current DoJ/FTC efforts to bring rent-gouging monopolies back to a state where they might actually do some competing for customers.
#antitrust #monopoly #rentgouging