Monthly Archives: November 2017

Trump’s CFPB Pick Will Likely Spell Bad News for Consumers

Posted on November 20, 2017 by Devin Smith | 1 comment

The good news is that President Trump has been slow to nominate heads for regulatory agencies, says NEP’s Bill Black in his appearance on The Real News Network. The bad news is that Trump will pick someone eventually to replace Richard Cordray. You can view here with transcript.

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Fragmented Health System Paves Way for CVS-Aetna Merger

Posted on November 6, 2017 by Devin Smith | 1 comment

In what is being called the biggest merger in the history of the health insurance industry, CVS is making a $66 billion bid to buy Aetna. NEP’s Bill Black discusses the merger’s potential consequences with The Real News Network. You can view here with transcript.

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Wouldn’t it be great if America had a fiat-money system?

Posted on November 6, 2017 by J.D. Alt | 13 comments

By J.D. ALT

Think of how many of our seemingly intractable local and national problems could be solved if only America had its own sovereign fiat-money system! Unfortunately, most Americans can’t even think about that question because they’ve never heard a proper explanation of what “fiat-money” actually is. Here, then, is quick solution to that problem:

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