Dead End America
Documentary film maker Marc Levin made a 'must see ' film entitled Class Divide (2015) about the gentrification of the West Chelsea area of Manhattan ( 23rd street around 9th…
Universal Basic Income
CEA is in a State of Denial
India’s Chief Economic Advisor (CEA) Anantha Nageswaran’s assertion last a few days back as reported by newspapers, that the concept of Universal Basic Income (UBI) was not necessary for India…
The Fault Dear Brutus Part 2
Lovers of real American history should recall the words uttered by the late, great newsman and newscaster Edward R. Murrow about Senator Joe McCarthy. During the height of the…
The Fault Dear Brutus Part 2
Lovers of real American history should recall the words uttered by the late, great newsman and newscaster Edward R. Murrow about Senator Joe McCarthy. During the height of the political…
Humbug!!!
Maybe Scrooge, for the wrong reasons, did have something in his use of ' Humbug'. It powerfully expressed the utter disdain he had. Sadly for Scrooge, it was the opposite…
Time for an Economic Transfusion!!
Ok, you all should know about blood transfusions. Watch any of the hospital shows on the boob tube and see how, in dire emergencies, they rush to do blood transfusions.…
Toward Global Sharing
Since the onset of the global pandemic, the idea of a universal basic income has rightly received high-level political attention—not only within individual countries (such as here in the UK…
India’s Case For UBI
COVID-19 has caused unprecedented disruptions globally and inflicted the greatest pain on those who had already been rendered most vulnerable, spurring unknown hardship and growing unease among low-income families and micro-businesses.…
Finally: A Way Out of This Mess!!
First off, this writer is simply a Socialist- not a Marxist or Trotskyite or Stalinist, Leninist or whatever flavor of left wing tastes there are. All of them are categorically…
Low Budget Amerika!
The great British rock group The Kinks, stars of the 60s ' British Invasion' , outdid themselves in 1979 with ' Low Budget'. Check out these lyrics: Cheap is small…
Whatcha Gonna Do About Me- Episode Three
You poisoned my sweet water. You cut down my green trees. The food you fed my children Was the cause of their disease. My world is slowly fallin' down And…
Time For UBI is NOW!!!
A man struggled in the desert heat with his mouth as parched as sandpaper. He was fading fast from lack of the basic essentials to exist, number one being water.…
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