Late Stage Capitalism

Late Stage Capitalism

They have been calling this era the late stage or end stage capitalism. Whether that is correct or not, we appear to be in the era of great income inequality and are rushing headline into oligarchy, if we are not already there. And so, some are very angry. ‘There are a lot of bitter people…

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H1B dilemma

There has been a huge debate going on about the H1B visas and the topic does bring up complex issues with no easy resolution. One the one side, those for the visas claim that the H1B visas allow companies, especially the tech companies, to bring in highly talented people with skills that they can’t find…

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Private equity got their tentacles in medical debt.

This is NOT good news: private equity is into debt collection, specifically medical debt collection. Article can be found here. Last week the news blew up with the reaction to the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO and the shocking glee from some of the public. So, we already know people are angry at health insurance companies….

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Capitalism: did we get the first tremblors of a quake?

Was Wednesday the first tremblors of a capitalism quake?. When I first saw the headlines, I thought, “Ah, a disgruntled employee or customer lashing out at the top man.” I didn’t read the articles because I had other things to do But when the news kept roiling, I then thought, “Okay, this is more serious….

Media literacy: do your research
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Improve online research to improve media literacy

“It’s hard: a recent Nature study found that the more time you spend on the internet trying to validate what is true and not true, you more you go down the rabbit hole of false information. Those who believe outlandish theories are generally people who think of themselves as more intelligent than the average person,…