Jack Rasmus

Jack Rasmus is author of  ’The Scourge of Neoliberalism: US Economic Policy from Reagan to Trump, Clarity Press, January 2020. He blogs at jackrasmus.com and hosts the weekly radio show, Alternative Visions on the Progressive Radio Network on Fridays at 2pm est. His twitter handle is @drjackrasmus.

Why the 3rd Quarter US Economic ‘Rebound’ Will Falter

The Second COVID Wave and the US Economy

Confronting Institutional Racism

Two Fictions of Mainstream Economics

Low-Balling the Unemployed in the Era of the 2020 Great Recession

The Myth of the V-Shaped US Economic Recovery

COVID-19 and the Forgotten Working Class

US Senate’s Final Stimulus Bill: Why It Won’t Be Enough

The New Federal Reserve as Garbage Can for All Capitalist Debt

Trump’s DOA TV Address and an Alternative Fiscal Stimulus Program

COVID-19 and the Working Class

South Carolina Primary: What Does It Mean?

The Nevada Caucus and the Desperation of Democrat Elites

Trump’s ‘Red Meat’ SOTU Speech: US Political Crisis Now Deepens

Trump’s Feeble Phase 1 China-US Trade Deal

Trump vs. Iran: Has the US Crossed the Escalation to War Rubicon?

On Those Questionable US Wage Stats…Again

Brexit and the Collapse of British Labour: A Post-Mortem on the UK Election

Trump vs. Democracy

US-China Mini-Trade Deal: Trump Takes the Money and Runs

What’s the True Unemployment Rate in the US?

Trump’s Other Wall

China-US Trade War: From Buenos Aires to Osaka and Beyond 

US vs. China: From Tariff War to Economic War

Mueller Talks and the Tyrant Walks

China-US Trade War: Hiatus or Busted Deal?

Why Government Jobs Stats are Inaccurate

How Accurate Are the US Jobs Numbers?

The Facts Behind the Hype: US GDP 1st Quarter 2019 Analysis

Trump Whacks the Middle Class

The Capitulation of Jerome Powell and the Fed

Trump’s $34 Trillion Deficit and Debt Bomb

Some Big Economic Questions of the Day–and My Replies

Financial Imperialism: the Case of Venezuela

Global Economy on the Brink as Davos Crowd Parties On

Trump’s Deja Vu China Trade War

A US-China Trade War ‘Armistice’?

Global Oil Price Deflation 2018 and Beyond

Election 2018 and the Unraveling of America

The Post-US Midterm Elections Bombshell

Comparing Crises: 1929 with 2008 and the Next

On the 10th Anniversary of Lehman Brothers 2008: Can ‘IT’ Happen Again?

How Ideology in Mainstream Economics Works: Tax Cuts & Savings Rates

Will Trump’s Trade War Precipitate a Currency War?

Italian Debt Crisis Erupts—Is This a Greek Debt Crisis Writ Large?

China Trade War, No. Korea Summit Collapse, & Factional Splits in US Elites

The US Plan to Target China

Trump’s Phony Trade War

Trump’s State of the Union Speech: Long on Theater, Short on Policy

Trump & the Fed: US Shadow Bankers About to Deepen Control of US Economy