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recent bookmarks from asterisk2aBrooks and Klein on Tom Price’s plane scandal, Trump taking aim at the NFL - YouTube2017-09-30T23:30:05+00:00
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VU43RsLTFuU
asterisk2aCulture Identity Politics DonaldTrump Donald Trump Brexit AfD history post-racial America Religion Liberalism Liberal LGBT Society Gesellschaft Capitalism Consumer Consumerism consumerist Selbstdarstellung Kulturteilhabe Facebook Newsfeed TV MSM poverty trap squeezed middle class Precariat debt credit card chronic stress self-medication book war refugee migration immigration social income mobility secular stagnation growth disposable discretionary spending GFC bank bailout double standard tax evasion avoidance Career Politicians status quo neoliberal neoliberalism Konsum accountabilityhttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:c6f45abe32d5/"AfD-Wähler sind kulturell abgehängt" - Kultur - Süddeutsche.de2017-09-25T18:28:22+00:00
http://www.sueddeutsche.de/kultur/abgehaengte-bevoelkerungsgruppen-afd-waehler-sind-nicht-wirtschaftlich-sondern-kulturell-abgehaengt-1.3675805
asterisk2aAfD Identity Politics btw17 Brexit Donald Trump DonaldTrump post-racial America American Dream poverty trap Precariat working poor structural unemployment underemployed squeezed income social mobility middle class Abstiegsangst UKIPhttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:47a6b779a783/Distortion of financial economy (speculation), underinvestment in real things.2017-05-27T05:03:18+00:00
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N46wcqKPceU
asterisk2aZIRP NIRP QE housing mortgage bubble real estate squeezed middle class working poor poverty trap social income mobility recovery GFC central banks ECB BOE Fed BOJ austerity Schuldenbremse trickle-down underinvestment economic history TBTFhttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:ab4ed2d43061/Car finance deals soar to new record - BBC News2017-05-14T18:42:45+00:00
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-39895327
asterisk2aUK consumer debt household borrowing creditcard discretionary spending disposable income Brexit confidence credit card auto loan car lease protection BOE wage growth inflation economy FCA squeezed middle class working poor Precariat bubble automotive industry insolvencyhttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:920e1306c550/Researchers have answered a big question about the decline of the middle class - The Washington Post2017-05-10T04:41:17+00:00
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2017/05/08/researchers-have-answered-a-big-question-about-the-decline-of-the-middle-class/
asterisk2apoverty trap USA Precariat social income mobility UK American Dream gini Coefficient working poor living standard squeezed middle class education policy technological unemployment wage growth inequality labour economic historyhttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:b6cc2f84bbd8/How Donald Trump Could Build an Autocracy in the U.S. - The Atlantic2017-05-10T01:58:46+00:00
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2017/03/how-to-build-an-autocracy/513872/
asterisk2aDonaldTrump Donald Trump authoritarian authoritarianism Autocracy Populism demagogue inequality USA UK Turkey France Germany Super Rich 1% Plutocracy Oligarchy American Dream social income mobility gini Coefficient lobby vested interest revolving door structural unemployment long-term underemployed squeezed Middle Class Abstiegsangst Armutsbedroht Angst BarackObama GFC recovery Austerity Precariat working poor poverty traphttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:fcec6507ff3d/(577) Cornel West on Donald Trump: This is What Neo-Fascism Looks Like - YouTube2017-05-08T01:53:20+00:00
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UpuCv3cc5_o
asterisk2aneoconservatism neoconservatives DonaldTrump Donald Trump neofascism fascism minority Brexit AfD far-right right-wing Cornel West GFC recovery secular stagnation squeezed middle class post-racial American Dream USA economic history barackobama neoliberal neoliberalism Bernie Sanders presidential election 2016 UK Germany GroKo France White Supremacy nasty party Conservative Globalisation profit maximisation trade deal TTIP NAFTA Authoritarian Abgehängt insecurity poverty trap social mobility scapegoat Super Rich 1% Plutocracy Oligarchyhttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:371e9ff661f2/Neustart gescheitert: Was Idioten aus der Welt gemacht haben - Kolumne - SPIEGEL ONLINE2017-05-07T21:40:39+00:00
http://www.spiegel.de/kultur/gesellschaft/neustart-gescheitert-was-idioten-aus-der-welt-gemacht-haben-kolumne-a-1146110.html
asterisk2aDonaldTrump Donald Trump Elite Brexit UK AfD Oligarchy Plutocracy Super Rich 1% 10% GE2017 tax evasion avoidance Globalisation conglomerate multinational working poor Precariat poverty trap Austerity squeezed Middle Class wage growth income disposable GFC bank bailout sovereignty USA Germany GroKo France Macron MarineLePen Theresa May Nigel Farage Populism demagogue trade deal TTIP CETA exploitation self-employment neoliberal neoliberalism crony capitalism welfare state corporate corporatism profit maximisationhttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:2fd0fb5e3145/Tory education cuts: Conservative MPs demand funding policy reverse - YouTube2017-03-19T21:09:27+00:00
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHBo0j7y8qQ
asterisk2aUK education policy Austerity social mobility teaching assistant staff shortage Tories nasty party Conservative JAM Theresa May Philip Hammond poverty trap income skills gap Brexit deprivation attainment Council diversity inflation squeezed gini Coefficient BAME working poor Precariat NHS care elderly adult Crisishttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:9b48a04926bf/Budget 2017: £2bn for social care and tax rise for self-employed - BBC News2017-03-08T23:49:52+00:00
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-39196579
asterisk2aHMRC Philip Hammond Theresa May Tories Conservative Party nasty budget Brexit NHS National Insurance NI adult social care elderly self-employment tax evasion avoidance Council Austerity ageing population demographic bubble chronic sick health demand Generationengerechtigkeit Triple Lock Pension Trickle-down Housing Benefit Crisis education policy IMF homelessness homeless inequality technological unemployment mobility welfare state child poverty downward income trap gini Coefficient Disabled JAM DWP JSA ESA working poor squeezed middle class Precariat zero hour contract part-time PFIhttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:d0a2ca9a5adf/Budget 2017: Hammond to tell us the Brexit vote could have been worse | Business | The Guardian2017-03-05T18:18:39+00:00
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2017/mar/05/budget-2017-philip-hammond-brexit-vote-uk-economy-inflation
asterisk2aUK JAM working poor squeezed middle class Precariat Theresa May Philip Hammond Austerity DWP HMRC inflation wage growth social mobility inequality income Tories Productivity child poverty trap output gap recovery GFC bank bailout nasty party Conservative Generationengerechtigkeit babyboomers Millennials generation rent living standard discretionary spending disposable credit taxation household debt mortgage housing crisis Consumer Consumerism economic history neoliberalism interventionism crony capitalism tax evasion avoidance corporatism Exploitation zero hour contract part-time minimum generational divide Triple Lock Pensionhttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:b1ab619ce101/Homelessness expected to rise further as Government scraps housing benefit for young people | The Independent2017-03-05T15:25:04+00:00
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/housing-benefit-young-people-18-21-scrapped-universal-credit-exemptions-a7610581.html
asterisk2aUK DWP Austerity Housing Benefit Council Tories generation rent nasty party Conservative Disabled ESA destitution JSA sanctions social mobility poverty trap Food Bank income education policy Theresa May Philip Hammond Iain Duncan Smith minimum wage living standard growth child working poor squeezed middle class Precariat Gini Coefficient CEO pay tax evasion avoidance corporation corporatism bailout crony capitalism neoliberalism Damian Green Germany Rentnerrepublik babyboomers inequality Generationengerechtigkeit generational divide JAMhttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:d8998f4d2dac/STEVE KEEN on Private Debt - YouTube2017-03-03T23:24:33+00:00
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdoG8aj3_FE&t=1s
asterisk2aUK London Margaret Thatcher private debt Consumer household mortgage GFC recovery Brexit discretionary spending disposable income reflate reflation ZIRP NIRP QE Austerity service sector working poor squeezed middle class leverage economic history living standard wage growth mobility social inequality Gini Coefficient tax evasion avoidance HMRC payday loan trickle-down Tories nasty party Conservative George Osborne David Cameron JAM Theresa May Philip Hammond IMF OECD neoliberalism crony capitalism Exploitation corporatism Consumerism materialism GDP underinvestment ROI BOE Mark Carney Steve Keen bookhttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:2a800b10bb85/IFS: Growth in UK living standards worst in 60 years | Business | The Guardian2017-03-02T14:21:15+00:00
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2017/mar/02/ifs-growth-uk-living-standards-worst-in-60-years-pensions-poverty-budget
asterisk2aIMF UK Austerity OECD living standard George Osborne David Cameron Philip Hammond Theresa May GFC recovery Tories nasty party bank bailout Labour Ed Miliband Jeremy Corbyn Conservative secular stagnation disposable income discretionary spending household debt credit card mortgage private Consumer Consumerism wage growth inflation mobility inequality gini Coefficient poverty trap working poor gig economy zero hour contract Self-Employment part-time Precariat squeezed middle class technological unemployment ZIRP NIRP QE trickle-down neoliberalism crony Capitalism corporatism tax evasion avoidance GDP Corporate profit maximisation globalisation globalization welfare underinvestment child taxation taxcredit UC DWP JSA social fuel Brexit neoconservatism neoconservatives JAMhttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:f5274fcdfe4d/More than politics, Theresa May’s true strength is her grasp of British culture | Rafael Behr | Opinion | The Guardian2017-03-01T16:56:58+00:00
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/mar/01/brexit-british-culture-theresa-may-tony-blair-john-major
asterisk2aTheresa May Margaret Thatcher UK Brexit far-right right-wing alt-right White Supremacy hate speech crime immigration refugee asylum Home Office Tories nasty party Conservative war Nationalism Patriotism David Cameron Liberalism Culture Liberal neoconservatism neoconservatives Racism Xenophobia LGBT DonaldTrump Donald Trump Elite London HRC Hillary Clinton history No Representation lobby 1% 10% bank bailout Austerity Super Rich Plutocracy Oligarchy Bill Establishment social mobility squeezed middle class working poor income wage growth Precariat globalisation globalization uncertainty welfare state Greedhttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:cbd550b7d2c2/Junta lite: how generals and billionaires took over Trump's militarized America | US news | The Guardian2017-03-01T15:11:35+00:00
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/mar/01/us-government-billionaires-generals-military-trump
asterisk2aDonaldTrump Donald Trump USA War on Terror 9/11 Super Rich Oligarchy Plutocracy 1% 10% trickle-down tax evasion avoidance American Dream inequality gini Coefficient social mobility income poverty trap working poor squeezed middle class globalisation globalization post-racial Americahttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:bc7b2f26e4a8/Government looks for new spending cuts of up to 6% - BBC News2017-02-28T13:39:23+00:00
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-39110688
asterisk2aUK Austerity NHS STP rationing education policy Tories nasty party Conservative Theresa May Philip Hammond George Osborne fiscal ROI underinvestment working poor Precariat self-employment gig economy squeezed middle class Productivity output gap GFC recovery bank bailout technological unemployment zero hour contract DWP HMRC tax evasion avoidance public health 2020https://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:0419305f0c80/Martin Schulz: Mehrheit hält den SPD-Kanzlerkandidaten für unglaubwürdig - SPIEGEL ONLINE2017-02-26T15:14:17+00:00
http://www.spiegel.de/politik/deutschland/martin-schulz-mehrheit-haelt-den-spd-kanzlerkandidaten-fuer-unglaubwuerdig-a-1136335.html
asterisk2aMatinSchulz Martin Schulz Fatalism voterturnout voter turnout Bundestagswahl 2017 Angela Merkel SPD CDU Wahlbeteiligung AfD protest vote Brexit DonaldTrump Donald Trump resentment Agenda2010 refugee crisis Precariat working poor squeezed middle class Labour Jeremy Corbyn Ed Miliband HRC Hillary Clinton Democrats DNC Billhttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:464e65fef4d3/'It feels like a wilfully ignored secret': how commentators painted Stoke-on-Trent all wrong | UK news | The Guardian2017-02-25T14:45:56+00:00
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/feb/25/trent-misbehavin-byelection-commentators-read-stoke-all-wrong
asterisk2aBrexit complexity DonaldTrump Donald Trump AfD PEGIDA economic history squeezed middle class working poor Precariat globalisation globalization underinvestment Austerity Storytelling GFC bank bailout trickle-down inequality social mobility structural unemployment underemployment part-time minimum wage living standard technological Career Politicians book Redaktionsschluss Labour Tories Conservative Party nasty NHS Professional London Productivity Services Journalism Journalismushttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:44f07d117358/Why the Daily Show had to change - YouTube2017-02-25T10:53:53+00:00
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydwFZZ2AKpY
asterisk2aBarackObama Post-racial America USA DonaldTrump Donald Trump Poverty working poor squeezed middle class Matt Taibbi Thomas Frank book professional NAFTA Bill Clinton Hillary HRC GFC bank bailout TPP TTIP TISA globalisation globalization Precariat social mobility Trickle-down 1% 10% Super Rich Plutocracy Oligarchy No Representation income wage growth minimum Food Stamps BAME Democrats GOP Republicanshttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:013b684084e9/How The Democratic Party BETRAYED Workers & Its Base - THOMAS FRANK Interview Part 1 - YouTube2017-02-21T07:23:10+00:00
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9u2aR19P3g
asterisk2aDNC Democrats Bill Clinton Hillary HRC BarackObama NAFTA TTIP TPP TISA neoliberalism deregulation book corporatism Journalism journalismus bank bailout recovery GFC USA working poor taxation Trickle-down 1% 10% Super Rich Oligarchy Plutocracy lobby squeezed middle class Bernie Sanders revolving door Drone Warfare Mark Blyth Thomas Frank wage growth income inequality Poverty gig Economy 1099 social mobility gini Coefficient WallStreethttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:de6245a080b5/"Democrats Would Rather Lose Than Win With A Progressive"-Former Sanders Official Nick Brana Pt 2 - YouTube2017-02-21T07:03:50+00:00
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usnxoskl3us
asterisk2aDNC Bernie Sanders Democrats presidential election book Thomas Frank Hillary Clinton Bill 1% 10% Super Rich Oligarchy Plutocracy lobby NAFTA TTIP TPP TISA 2016 journalism progressive Career Politicians democracy DonaldTrump Donald Trump BarackObama GOP Matt Taibbi Mark Blyth economic history neoliberalism Austerity Globalist corporatism profit maximisation Taxation Poverty working poor Uber oligopol oligopoly monopoly gig economy self-employment squeezed middle class secular stagnation social mobility inequality wage growth GFC bank bailout recovery gini Coefficienthttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:c98aad90c36e/What lies behind the victory of Donald Trump? - YouTube2017-02-15T04:59:41+00:00
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vB6tjb5Vsu0
asterisk2aeconomic History GFC 1929 working class squeezed middle DonaldTrump Donald Trump Brexithttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:dc73366b6d1b/Armut in Deutschland - Die Mitte schottet sich nach unten ab2017-02-14T00:43:11+00:00
http://www.deutschlandfunk.de/armut-in-deutschland-die-mitte-schottet-sich-nach-unten-ab.1310.de.html?dram:article_id=374980
asterisk2aPoverty working poor Precariat squeezed middle class downward mobility social inequality gini Coefficient AfD PEGIDA ALG2 aufstocker Leiharbeit Zeitarbeit Self-Employment gig economy Super Rich 1% 10% Plutocracy Oligarchy income growth secular stagnation wage redistribution distribution recovery bank bailout corporate welfare state corporatism crony capitalism neoliberalism Chicago Schoolhttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:670e986c74ea/Mark Blyth--"Liberalisms' great trick has been to naturalize very difficult political contests." - YouTube2017-02-06T22:29:57+00:00
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eMngIbm1OBE
asterisk2aBrexit DonaldTrump Centrists GroKo democracy history neoliberalism technological unemployment far-right right-wing Nationalism Mark Blyth Protectionism Populism squeezed middle class working poor Precariat Armutsrisiko poverty trap social mobility income gini Coefficient inequality Austerity bank bailouthttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:b8aaacb9c697/Zwei neue Bücher über Armut - Markige Skandalisierung gegen spröde Analyse2017-02-06T20:46:40+00:00
http://www.deutschlandradiokultur.de/zwei-neue-buecher-ueber-armut-markige-skandalisierung-gegen.950.de.html?dram:article_id=378184
asterisk2abook poverty homelessness homeless Germany Precariat Soziale Marktwirtschaft Agenda2010 Agenda 2010 hartz-IV UBI Universal Basic Income redistribution gini Coefficient neoliberalism Armuts Risiko social mobility squeezed middle class working poor Self-Employment gig economy zero hour contract Zeitarbeit part-time minimum wage worker union workers trade Leiharbeithttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:2efdd3fabe85/UK faces return to inequality of Thatcher years, says report | Business | The Guardian2017-02-01T07:03:30+00:00
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2017/jan/31/theresa-may-inequality-margaret-thatcher-resolution-foundation
asterisk2aUK Brexit Austerity tax credit Tories JAM nasty party Conservative poverty fuel working poor Precariat zero hour contract Contractor Self-Employment gig Economy 1099 part-time social mobility income distribution redistribution squeezed middle class technological unemployment underemployed underemployment trap education policy public health inequality Food Bank gini Coefficient Triple Lock Pension JSA ESA DWP minimum wage taxation evasion avoidance HMRC NHS inflation living standard disposable discretionary spending Card consumer debt household underinvestment skills skill-biased Productivity output gap downward upward Theresa May George Osborne David Cameron Philip Hammondhttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:34101234c71c/UK inflation: now it's the pound in your pocket being devalued | Business | The Guardian2017-01-31T07:21:52+00:00
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2017/jan/17/uk-inflation-now-its-the-pound-in-your-pocket-being-devalued
asterisk2aUK Brexit living standard disposable income discretionary spending wage growth GDP recovery GFC inflation £ British Pound Precariat working poor squeezed middle class technological unemployment Productivity output gap part-time zero hour contract Contractor Self-Employment gig economy 1099 economic history Austerity tax credit consumer debt household Card BOE bankruptcies bankruptcy underinvestmenthttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:630a6c9003ec/The new robot revolution will take the boss's job, not the gardener's | Business | The Guardian2017-01-30T20:49:54+00:00
https://www.theguardian.com/business/economics-blog/2017/jan/22/the-new-robot-revolution-will-take-the-bosss-job-not-the-gardeners
asterisk2aAI automation Robotics self-driving cars autonomous vehicles squeezed middle class USA UK technological unemployment UBI Universal Basic Income Grundeinkommen economic history education policy creativity Richard David Precht Alain de Botton globalisation globalization offshore outsourcing contractor contract zero hour part-time workers union trade rights Self-Employment gig economy wage growth neoliberalism crony capitalism tax evasion avoidance Competition corporatism monopoly oligopol oligopoly 1% 10% Super Rich Plutocracy Oligarchy welfare state redistribution distribution Precariat working poor downward mobility social poverty trap Austerity underinvestment underemployed underemploymenthttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:e345fe18fc31/Economic Update: Trumponomics Exposed [2017.01.26] - YouTube2017-01-29T07:53:53+00:00
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5p5tE_mPjiA
asterisk2aUSA UK trade deal Brexit DonaldTrump Donald Trump Theresa May economic history GFC recovery crony capitalism neoliberalism Super Rich 1% 10% Plutocracy Oligarchy inequality income distribution redistribution growth GDP Precariat working poor squeezed middle classhttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:c6b5b59181b1/Obamacare in Trump country - YouTube2017-01-26T21:30:48+00:00
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0FvLkXDKIs
asterisk2aObamacare ACA DonaldTrump Donald Trump JAM working poor Precariat public health Republicans GOP insurance USA squeezed middle class Poverty Social Security Medicaid Medicarehttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:171c41885bbe/How Trump Could Cause the Economic Meltdown - YouTube2017-01-25T01:35:45+00:00
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2vO3h3Geh48
asterisk2aDonaldTrump Donald Trump Co-Op wealth redistribution Precariat working poor Service Sector USA income growth wage CEO pay WallStreet shareholder stakeholder GFC squeezed middle class poverty trap Consumer Debt household debtoverhang discretionary spending disposable AI Robotics Skidelsky technological Productivity leisure time part-time Obamacare ACA neoliberal neoliberalism crony Capitalism Exploitationhttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:18a0fd2f4a1c/Rena Schwarting on Twitter: "Die Zeit richtet sich nicht mehr nach der Sache,die Sache muß sich nach der jeweils im sozialen System erzeugten Zeit richten (Luhmann 1971)"2017-01-20T02:36:44+00:00
https://twitter.com/renaschwarting/status/822072983967694848
asterisk2aBrexit DonaldTrump Donald Trump Sociology History Plutocracy Oligarchy inequality Capitalism Crony Selbstdarstellung Selbstausbeutung Status Anxiety mental health Luhmann Greed immigration Poverty Xenophobia working poor homelessness homeless Exploitation Fremdenfeindlichkeit AfD PEGIDA Ausländerfeindlichkeit neo-Nazi LGBT hate speech crime Prosperity tax evasion avoidance welfare state Austerity squeezed middle classhttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:2d660b26c0a5/Weak UK productivity spurs warnings of living standards squeeze | Business | The Guardian2017-01-07T12:28:53+00:00
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2017/jan/06/weak-uk-productivity-living-standards-pay-rises-financial-crisis
asterisk2aUK Productivity wage growth income inflation living standard disposable discretionary spending Brexit working poor poverty squeezed middle class Austerity underinvestment export skills gap education policyhttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:71f19edb3aad/Tory starter homes con won't help low paid Britain find an affordable home - YouTube2017-01-04T20:54:58+00:00
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWFgG8jQ7E4
asterisk2aUK Property bubble housing social affordable council Austerity working poor Precariat squeezed middle class speculation immigration homelessness homeless crisishttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:63d85316f9db/Brexit racism and civil war but what else does 2017 hold for politics? - YouTube2017-01-04T20:31:39+00:00
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jUSmjY30kMs
asterisk2aBrexit Tories Conservative Party nasty 2020 JAM Austerity inflation working poor poverty squeezed middle class affordable housing property bubble wage growth secular stagnation economic history recovery income inequality Westminster Whitehall gini Coefficient trap homelessness homeless immigration EEA stigma racism Xenophobia prejudice bigotry Nationalism Precariat socialhttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:7d6d7e153401/Rail fares cost commuters up to 14% of their income, says study | Money | The Guardian2017-01-03T01:43:55+00:00
https://www.theguardian.com/money/2017/jan/03/rail-fares-cost-commuters-up-to-14-of-their-income-says-study
asterisk2aUK discretionary spending disposable income inflation Brexit housing crisis affordable social working poor squeezed middle class mobility wage growthhttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:dcb9a3d83869/Brexit and the UK's role in 2017 - YouTube2016-12-28T23:18:02+00:00
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=arlgnfYVSaw
asterisk2aBrexit DonaldTrump Donald Trump technological unemployment immigration working poor globalisation globalization London squeezed middle class Precariat identity politics Religion living standards inequality poverty underemployed underemployment gig economy self-employment gini coefficient Super Rich Austerity 1% Plutocracy Establishment Liberal Elite social mobility wage growth income stagnation recovery GFC bank bailout Theresa Mayhttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:d4db88234684/Rising cost of essentials leaves UK households with less cash for treats | Business | The Guardian2016-12-27T17:44:17+00:00
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2016/dec/27/uk-households-cash-brexit-vote-import-costs
asterisk2aBrexit inflation disposable income discretionary spending UK working poor child tax credit Austerity squeezed middle classhttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:30b64b260aa3/Lord King says Brexit brings 'real opportunities' - BBC News2016-12-26T08:26:23+00:00
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-38421769
asterisk2aBrexit liberal economic reform technological unemployment working poor squeezed middle class Austerity MervynKing BOE markcarney carney social mobility income poverty tax evasion avoidance HMRC taxation theresa may Tories Conservative Party nastyhttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:2d5f37539c2a/Top 10% highest earners in Europe paid as much as bottom 50%, report finds | Money | The Guardian2016-12-15T23:51:25+00:00
https://www.theguardian.com/money/2016/dec/15/top-10-highest-earners-in-europe-paid-as-much-as-bottom-50-report-finds
asterisk2aincome inequality taxation distribution redistribution OECD Austerity Poverty squeezed middle class working poor social mobility downward liberal economic reform wage growth globalisation neoliberal neoliberalism tax evasion avoidancehttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:051e7c7144c2/Armutsfalle Teilzeitjob – vor allem für Frauen | FAKT | Das Erste - YouTube2016-12-14T18:42:19+00:00
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKyLrCxKzJk
asterisk2agender pay gap working poor Poverty teilzeit part-time minijob Precariat Precarious altersarmut pension minimum wage mindestlohn Germany Liberal Economic reform Austerity UK USA squeezed growth income downward mobility social hartz-IV ALG2https://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:315dfd1f3e23/Arm trotz Arbeit (Dokumentation Deutsch) Doku - YouTube2016-12-12T04:06:17+00:00
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Megw15nKwuU
asterisk2apoverty working poor UK Germany France OECD minimum wage squeezed middle class income inequality distribution Super Rich 1% 10% 20% Plutocracy Monopoly oligopoly Leiharbeit Zeitarbeit zero hour contract contractor ALG2 Aufstocker tax credit well being status anxiety Precariat mental health public social Burnout chronic stress Gesellschaft Sociology socioeconomic outsourcing Zivilgesellschaft Psychology Lohndumping gini Coefficienthttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:91f675eaa30c/Hungerlohn trotz Vollzeitjob - YouTube2016-12-12T04:01:36+00:00
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBGkylzMp5w
asterisk2aworking poor UK zero hour contract Zeitarbeit Leiharbeit liberal economic reform Germany capitalism ALG2 profit maximisation squeezed middle class minimum wage Uber gig economy Self-Employment 1099 Platform contractor outsourcing neoliberalismhttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:3040cfe6e281/Children of 'just managing families left out by grammars' - BBC News2016-12-11T19:46:37+00:00
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-38251413
asterisk2asocial mobility income inequality distribution gini coefficient UK working poor JAM squeezed middle class tax credit wage growth GDP Austerity education policyhttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:13e610164f54/Oh for the 1960s! People earned less but could afford more | Money | The Guardian2016-12-11T19:00:04+00:00
https://www.theguardian.com/money/blog/2016/dec/10/sixties-pay-people-earned-less-but-could-afford-more
asterisk2aGDP wage growth income distribution economic history profit maximisation capitalism crony oligopoly monopoly Platform Self-Employment Productivity squeezed middle class working poor globalisation Competition liberal reform competitiveness disposable discretionary spending investment creditcard credit GFC recovery Austerity secular stagnation taxation 1% Super Rich Plutocracy 10% 20% bank bailout Privatisation outsourcing offshore banking tax evasion avoidance childhttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:1d03d4c4c835/Housing crisis 'creates in-work poverty' - BBC News2016-12-07T10:35:50+00:00
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-38219881
asterisk2aworking poor poverty UK income mobility downward recovery GFC Austerity squeezed middle class underemployed part-timehttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:a5f66b51f842/What is it like to be 'just about managing'? - BBC News2016-11-23T05:06:01+00:00
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-38051748
asterisk2aUK JAM Theresa May Philip Hammond wage growth working poor squeezed middle class Tories nasty party Conservative George Osborne David Cameron Austerity poverty JSA ESA Disabledhttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:16bd1e0a2b93/Obama defends globalisation on Germany visit - BBC News2016-11-16T23:36:56+00:00
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-38006937
asterisk2aBarackObama presidency globalisation globalization Brexit inequality Poverty working poor Super Rich 1% 10% 20% Plutocracy USA UK DonaldTrump Donald Trump presidential election 2016 Washington No Representation squeezed middle class immigration culture values identity post-racial America GFC recovery bank Bailouthttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:fc257b587089/BREAKING First Interview: Bernie Sanders On Donald Trump Winning the Election - Nov 10th 2016 - YouTube2016-11-13T12:19:12+00:00
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-g9Pms3Sa8
asterisk2aDonaldTrump Donald Trump presidency Super Rich 1% 10% 20% Plutocracy tax evasion avoidance minimum wage working poor productivity output gap value creation added job education policy squeezed middle class GFC bank bailout poverty Demagogue Populism Racism Bernie Sanders UK underinvestment underemployed underemployment Manufacturing technological unemployment inequality income growth gini Coefficienthttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:4188d7ac5d6b/American divide - YouTube2016-11-05T01:41:59+00:00
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1iLcf_oVdHs
asterisk2aDonald Trump Hillary Clinton presidential election 2016 post-racial America American Dream immigration refugee squeezed middle class 1% 10% 20% working poor poverty social mobility gini Coefficient income growth economic historyhttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:16de5041b3e0/The Naked Truth: Trumpland - YouTube2016-11-05T01:07:56+00:00
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0sUZxwJHNQ
asterisk2aDonald Trump American Dream post-racial America presidential election 2016 Hillary Clinton Bernie Sanders Establishment Career Politicians squeezed Middle Class poverty working poor Elite Plutocracy 1% 10% 20% bank bailout recovery globalisation globalization Trickle-downhttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:5a207ec66811/JD Vance on growing up white and poor in America - YouTube2016-10-27T17:25:53+00:00
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TdlG5Dpcacs
asterisk2aDonald Trump Trumpism Hillary Clinton presidential election 2016 Brexit Mark Blyth economic history USA squeezed middle class Abstiegsangst Book culture poverty trap social mobility American Dream income post-racial America globalisation globalization underemployedhttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:ae2091dc66ea/"On contact" with Chris Hedges (Episode 11) - YouTube2016-10-22T15:47:00+00:00
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfy0ilPO4lY
asterisk2aneoliberal neoliberalism crony capitalism consumerism consumerist materialism individualism squeezed middle class credit card status anxiety Selbstdarstellung Social Media Reality TVhttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:f0fa5a3a073e/"On contact" with Chris Hedges (Episode 14) w Mark Blyth - YouTube2016-10-22T15:24:29+00:00
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWqhx0t6e7E
asterisk2aMark Blyth Austerity bank bailout UK George Osborne inequality poverty wage growth Fiscal Pact Schuldenbremse reflate WallStreet Mainstreet Economic History USA European Union working poor credit card household debt car loan auto property bubble squeezed middle class Brexit Precariat 1% 10% 20% plutocracy Super Rich book welfare social security Triple Lock Pension neoliberalism neoliberalhttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:70baa868ec49/Ferguson: Democracy Around the World Is in Crisis - Bloomberg2016-10-20T12:48:49+00:00
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2016-10-20/ferguson-democracy-around-the-world-is-in-crisis
asterisk2aDonald Trump Hillary Clinton Democracy populism AfD Front National USA UK UKIP Brexit Germany France economic history squeezed middle class poverty structural unemployment technological immigration European Union wage growth income inequality gini Coefficient stagnation secular GFC recovery bank bailout crony capitalism Precariat working poor Austerity neoliberal neoliberalism corporate welfare tax evasion avoidance globalisation globalization Chicago School bubble fiscal policy monetaryhttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:d2f54bd65d85/Taking Trump voters’ concerns seriously means listening to what they’re actually saying - Vox2016-10-19T19:15:54+00:00
http://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2016/10/15/13286498/donald-trump-voters-race-economic-anxiety
asterisk2aDonald Trump presidential election 2016 Hillary Clinton economic history squeezed middle class poverty post-racial america inequality gini Coefficient income growth tax evasion avoidance bank bailouthttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:582ba910ed7e/Understanding Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton's Tax Plans - YouTube2016-10-13T10:32:33+00:00
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SgicDQHbV3M
asterisk2apresidential elections 2016 Hillary Clinton Donald Trump taxation income tax inequality squeezed middle class wage growth recovery economic historyhttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:bc814db088c6/Iain Duncan Smith tries to sell a 2018 Brexit fantasy on Sunday Politics - YouTube2016-10-04T18:21:42+00:00
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5EJIqNv7n6g
asterisk2aworking poor poverty child austerity tax credit Philip Hammond Theresa May DWP ESA JSA George Osborne middle class squeezed Brexit NHS Crisis David Cameron Iain Duncan Smith budget deficit consumer debt household wage growth income inequality Super Rich 1% 10% 20% Westminster No Representation Career Politicians freehttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:5c3c64733efd/Cash-strapped schools consider introducing four-day week | Education | The Guardian2016-10-03T22:08:04+00:00
https://www.theguardian.com/education/2016/oct/03/cash-strapped-schools-consider-introducing-four-day-week
asterisk2aUK Austerity education policy staff shortage inequality gini Coefficient social mobility morale downward squeezed middle class Brexithttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:df56365468db/Middle classes (not working class) voted for Brexit, argues Danny Dorling - BBC Newsnight - YouTube2016-10-01T17:00:39+00:00
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOMiUONDLno
asterisk2aBrexit Identity Politics squeezed middle class NHS Crisis inequality European Union Austerity gini Coefficient poverty tax credit fuelhttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:dea58a07f9ab/Are we heading for another slump? - Michael Roberts, John Bellamy Foster and Joseph Choonara - YouTube2016-09-27T23:24:59+00:00
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJ07S4oWCQE
asterisk2aouput gap productivity secular stagnation UK USA underemployed underinvestment recovery austerity bank bailout banking crisis economic history capitalism in crony GFC Sovereign debt wage growth squeezed middle class working poor neoliberal neoliberalism deflation deflationary monetary policy fiscalhttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:7ce9a5720ca3/Mecklenburg-Vorpommern: SPD gewinnt, AfD vor CDU, Grüne, FDP und NPD draußen - SPIEGEL ONLINE2016-09-04T23:52:18+00:00
http://www.spiegel.de/politik/deutschland/mecklenburg-vorpommern-spd-gewinnt-afd-vor-cdu-gruene-fdp-und-npd-draussen-a-1110879.html
asterisk2aAfD Angela Merkel Centrist Centrists CDU CSU SPD protest vote Brexit Donald Trump Front National Germany European Union far-right Rechtsruck right-wing Precariat working poor poverty squeezed middle class Agenda 2010 neoliberal neoliberalism bank bailout GFC PIGS sovereign debt crisishttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:a1709d180caf/Angela Merkel's CDU 'suffers Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania poll blow' - BBC News2016-09-04T18:07:43+00:00
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-37271971
asterisk2aAngela Merkel AfD Centrist Centrists Germany refugee crisis GFC recovery inequality Poverty social mobility gini Coefficient squeezed middle class Precariathttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:a5146fc1db3f/Glenn Greenwald on Brazil & Clinton vs. Trump - Jung & Naiv: Episode 273 - YouTube2016-08-30T09:49:03+00:00
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3PUwSqnU8A
asterisk2aDonald Trump Hillary Clinton Brexit Elite Establishment Toff Privileged inequality Gini Coefficient Super Rich Plutocracy 1% 10% 20% bank bailout Austerity neoliberal neoliberalism AfD Front National UKIP Nigel Farage Germany France UK USA presidential election 2016 globalisation globalization economic history GFC recovery student debt social mobility income growth wage squeezed middle classhttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:8589b2dd75fc/Conservative Talk Show Host Admits Trump Is Their Fault - YouTube2016-08-19T15:07:10+00:00
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0BW-6bVQI8
asterisk2aDonald Trump AfD UKIP Brexit Front National Lügenpresse PEGIDA refugee crisis immigration squeezed middle class Precariat social mobility poverty traphttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:49ecff74a483/Atul Singh: "The Global Rise of the Far Right" | Talks at Google - YouTube2016-08-19T00:59:31+00:00
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdrPo8X1O3U
asterisk2aDonald Trump far-right right-wing inequality gini Coefficient social mobility AfD UKIP Brexit Germany UK USA Rechtsruck Rechtsextremismus technocracy Identity Politics Centrists squeezed middle class economic history Precariat OECD income Consumerism materialism status anxiety career Politicians no Representation Toff Privileged Establishment European Union job insecurity Zero Hour Work Sociology Psychologyhttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:44982cc72689/Keiser Report: Collapse of Political World (E951) - YouTube2016-08-18T22:02:15+00:00
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtnMJKEFIcw
asterisk2aBrexit Donald Trump AfD UKIP Front National bank bailout Sovereign Debt Crisis Austerity inequality Gini Coefficient meritocracy meritocratic squeezed middle class economic historyhttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:648c8fb3cb2c/The Guardian view on the UK labour market: farewell, Lithuanian car valets | Editorial | Opinion | The Guardian2016-08-16T18:02:02+00:00
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/aug/15/the-guardian-view-on-the-uk-labour-market-farewell-lithuanian-car-valets
asterisk2aAusterity Brexit underinvestment UK education policy NHS Crisis child care David Cameron George Osborne Tories Conservative Nasty Party political class Toff Privileged Establishment Westminster No Representation Whitehall Protest Vote economic history squeezed middle social mobility meritocracy meritocratichttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:653a14fd6f95/Why so many Americans in the middle class have no savings - YouTube2016-08-11T12:42:56+00:00
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tamC-M8TxtY
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