Tag Archives: Productivity

Is the American Dream Still Alive? (Infographic)

Posted on March 12, 2021 by Luther Blissett

Source: Strategic Culture Foundation The post-WWII United States was at the peak of its soft power. One of its pillars was the American Dream. Every American could expect that his children would be better off – better off in every … Continue reading →

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The Top 10% Is Doing Just Fine, The Middle Class Is Dying on the Vine

Posted on February 24, 2021 by Luther Blissett

By Charles Hugh Smith Source: Of Two Minds Please study these charts as a means of understanding the inevitability of economic stagnation and a revolt of the decapitalized middle class. I’ve been covering the decline of America’s middle class for … Continue reading →

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Re-Opening the Economy Won’t Fix What’s Broken

Posted on May 28, 2020 by Luther Blissett

By Charles Hugh Smith Source: Of Two Minds Re-opening a fragile, brittle, bankrupt, hopelessly perverse and corrupt “normal” won’t fix what’s broken. The stock market is in a frenzy of euphoria at the re-opening of the economy. Too bad the … Continue reading →

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Will Robots Take Your Job?

Posted on January 24, 2017 by Luther Blissett

By Nick Srnicek and Alex Williams Source: ROAR In recent months, a range of studies has warned of an imminent job apocalypse. The most famous of these—a study from Oxford—suggests that up to 47 percent of US jobs are at … Continue reading →

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The Clock Inside Us

Posted on March 20, 2016 by Luther Blissett

By Eman Shahata Source: The New Inquiry Once a weapon to combat idleness, the clock has become a prosthesis, augmenting the human body to override its need for rest IF time is money, then sleep is theft. Today’s cult of … Continue reading →

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The Reason You Work So Hard to Participate in the Rat Race

Posted on November 15, 2015 by Luther Blissett

By M.J. Higby Source: Waking Times Ralph Waldo Emerson once said, “A man in debt is so far a slave.” Money has no intrinsic value yet we spend our days damaging our health and spirit in order to obtain it. Why do … Continue reading →

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