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Rick Baum
Rick Baum
teaches Political Science at City College of San Francisco. He is a member of AFT 2121.
Are Democrats the Actual Spoilers that Cost them Victories in Presidential Elections?
September 18, 2023
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The Obscenely Wealthy Have Recently Experienced Obscene Increases in Their Wealth
August 8, 2023
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The U.S. has Made Great Progress at Increasing Economic Inequality
June 9, 2023
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Notes on the National Debt
March 3, 2023
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The Wealthy Took a Hit in 2022, Who Lost the Most?
January 20, 2023
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The Slippery Slope: Jacobin and Downhill Skiing
January 6, 2023
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The Wealth of the U.S. Wealthiest One-Tenth of One Percent
October 14, 2022
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The World Bank: Promoter of Starvation?
September 9, 2022
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The Wealth of the Wealthiest 1% and Poorest 50% Since Biden Became President
July 8, 2022
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The Pandemic Ushers in Huge Gains in the Ivy League Endowments
May 3, 2022
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2021: Another Year of Success at Increasing Wealth Inequality
January 28, 2022
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Democracy with United States Characteristics
December 31, 2021
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How Exploited Job Insecure Part-Time Faculty Get Screwed at Progressive City College of San Francisco
December 27, 2021
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Tax Consequences of Bezos Donating $100 Million and Musk Selling Stock Worth $5 Billion
December 1, 2021
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Does Roger Stone Read CounterPunch?
July 23, 2021
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The Wealth Inequality Virus Persists
July 5, 2021
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Wealth Inequality Virus Spikes During the Last Days of 2020
January 6, 2021
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The Wealth Inequality Virus is Surging
December 29, 2020
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California’s Proposition 15 Would Reform Prop 13: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
October 30, 2020
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Sanders’ Inadequate Pandemic Wealth Tax Proposal
August 26, 2020
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The Pandemic and Wealth Inequality
July 1, 2020
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Higher Education, the Pandemic, Capitalism and Power
June 19, 2020
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Simple Solution to California’s Anticipated $54 Billion Budget Deficit
May 15, 2020
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The Likely Democratic Party Candidate for the Senate Opposing McConnell is a Militarist Who is Not Much of an Alternative
April 27, 2020
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When “Moderate” Democrats Lead the Ticket and Win, Down-Ballot Candidates Soon Suffer Losses
April 8, 2020
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Krugman Disses Sanders and Embraces Biden While Distorting the Obama Record
March 13, 2020
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Travel with National Geographic Partners: See the World and Burn a Lot of Fossil Fuel
January 10, 2020
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Most People Pay a Higher Wealth Tax Than the Wealthy
November 25, 2019
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Biden’s Unappealing Fundraising Appeal Letter to My Mother
September 6, 2019
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The Federal Reserve Board’s Recent Figures on the Outrageous Unequal Distribution of Wealth
August 13, 2019
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Gov. Newsom’s Proposal to Pay for Wildfire Claims: Let Utility Ratepayers Pay, Not the Companies
June 28, 2019
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Unions Need to End Pay Inequality Within Their Ranks
January 4, 2019
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What Can We Expect From the Democrat “Alternative” Given Their Record in California?
November 19, 2018
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While Public Education is Being Attacked: An American Federation of Teachers Petition Focuses on Maintaining a Minor Tax Break
November 23, 2017
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The Rich in the U.S. Just Keep On Getting Richer: Time to Party!?
October 27, 2017
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Does the Democratic Party Exploit Employees Doing Phone Fundraising?
July 7, 2017
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San Francisco’s Free College Tuition Program Has Big Flaws
January 10, 2017
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Clintons’ Tax Returns Raise Many Questions
October 31, 2016
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Has Sanders Betrayed His Revolution by Endorsing Jane Kim?
June 3, 2016
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A Far Cry From Revolutionary: Sanders’ Tax Plan Will Reduce Inequality, But Could Go Much Further
May 9, 2016
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During Obama’s Presidency Wealth Inequality has Increased and Poverty Levels are Higher
February 26, 2016
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Is a $15 an Hour Minimum Wage Adequate?
January 7, 2016
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Hillary Clinton’s Meager Proposal to Help Holders of Student Debt
November 26, 2015
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California Democrats Starve Public Education
September 17, 2015
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