Shameless Monopolies and Makers
Two behemoths control most raw milk processing, and these shameless monopolies are forcing farmers to sell milk for less than it costs to produce. For the past several … Read more
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Serving Up Restaurant Relief
This satisfying restaurant relief fund is part of the smorgasbord of stimulus plans that President Biden has cooked up. The pandemic has been particularly distasteful to the restaurant … Read more
Doing Good Business in the Food Economy
Companies big and small in the food economy are blazing a different path through Wall Street’s jungle of greed. A cadre of business school economists, high-tech speculators and … Read more
To Bust Monopoly Power, Start with Dinner
No longer just a parlor game, monopoly is what’s for dinner. No longer just a parlor game, monopoly is what’s for dinner. Practically every commodity and every step … Read more
Is America Big Enough to Go Big Again?
From the beginning, Americans have backed leaders who dared to go big with public projects. It’s time for America to go back to the future — a future … Read more
Thousands of Jobs for Earth People Available on Planet Zardoc
Dispatches from SNN (Slobovian News Network) Zardoc is said to have thousands of jobs available which are plentiful and extremely well-paid. SNN has learned that there are thousands … Read more
Follow the People to an FDR-Style Agenda
Polls show Americans are for an FDR-style agenda: percolate-up economics works; trickle-down does not. Usually, the Powers That Be swat away the kind of big-ticket, FDR-style reforms our … Read more
Why Billionaires Are Detested
What is it about billionaires and multimillionaires that makes them both clueless and careless about the impacts of their greed and self-entitlement? Bob Wills, the renowned leader of … Read more
Who Cares Who the Secretary of Agriculture Is?
The job of secretary of agriculture in the past has first and foremost been to keep moneyed interests in charge. Years ago, Robert Kennedy noted that making economic, … Read more
This Thanksgiving, Let’s Celebrate AgriCULTURE, Not AgriBUSINESS
This is one of the most important populist struggles occurring in our society. It’s literally a fight for control of our dinner. In December 1972, I was part … Read more
