@helaineolen.bsky.social
A woman with many opinions, all my own. American Economic Liberties Project/contributing columnist MSNBC. Previously: WaPo, Slate. LA/NYC.
@versobooks.bsky.socialReposted by @helaineolen.bsky.socialOut today -- Traumatized by Catherine Liu
"Liu makes a compelling case that turning the traumatically personal political is keeping us from addressing the systemic issues that make life in America so hard and—dare I say it—traumatic."
-- @helaineolen.bsky.social
@econliberties.bsky.socialReposted by @helaineolen.bsky.socialWilliam D. Cohan's new book, Money to Burn, presents itself as the story of Wall Street billionaire and Epstein-confidant Leon Black.
But, as @helaineolen.bsky.social lays out, the book skips over Black's fueling of — and benefit from — the private equity takeover of American life.
@ceprdc.bsky.socialReposted by @helaineolen.bsky.socialNEW EP: #MostlyEconomics host @deanbaker13.bsky.social speaks with @helaineolen.bsky.social of @econliberties.bsky.social about what it could mean for your retirement savings if the #aibubble bursts. #mustlisten #podcast #econsky
@helaineolen.bsky.socialPeople hate inflation. They hate it sometimes irrationally but they don’t forgive one party for it more than another, which is why Republican prospects look so dim for November.
@davekarpf.bsky.socialReposted by @helaineolen.bsky.socialThe sole, even-barely-positive uniting vision of the Trump administration is “make America 1987 again.”