Professor Economics at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Graduate of Columbia (BA) and Harvard (PhD). Author of numerous works in labor history, heterodox economic theory, and Medicare for All. Most recent book is The Case for Medicare for All .. more
Professor Economics at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Graduate of Columbia (BA) and Harvard (PhD). Author of numerous works in labor history, heterodox economic theory, and Medicare for All. Most recent book is The Case for Medicare for All
Gerald Carl Friedman is an economics professor at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. He became nationally prominent during the 2016 U.S. presidential election after writing an analysis of Democratic Party candidate Bernie Sanders campaign's policies in which Friedman concluded that these policies would produce significant economic growth in the United States if they were enacted. Friedman also received strong backlash for these remarks, from editorial pundits and fellow academics. .. more
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Federal Prosecutors Open Inquiry Into Fed Chair
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“And the award for Most Editing goes to CBS News. Yes, CBS News, America’s newest place to see B.S. News.”
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"The threat of criminal charges is a consequence of the Fed setting interest rates based on our best assessment of what will serve the public, rather than following the preferences of the President."
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Trent: They are doing those today. It’s called the ICE protests
FOX: Are they talking about Iran at the ICE protests?
Trent: No, I think they are talking about the regime that is shooting people in the face
Trump’s ‘Superstar’ Appellate Judges Have Voted 133 to 12 in His Favor
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My friends, we will win and we will rebuild. We have no other choice. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/sunday-thought-our-power-courage
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“The world is indeed full of peril, and in it there are many dark places; but still there is much that is fair, and though in all lands love is now mingled with grief, it grows perhaps the greater.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien
#DEFENDDEMOCRACY 🇺🇸🇬🇪🇮🇷
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She devoted her entire life to advocating for women’s #suffrage and equal rights for women.
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It is the same synagogue that the Ku Klux Klan bombed in 1967 because the rabbi supported civil rights. mississippitoday.org/2026/01/10/f...
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