Economy
Saks Wipes $2.5B in Debt, Rebrands to Serve the Ultra-Wealthy
Corporate America gets a court-approved do-over while working families drown. The two-tier economy on full display.
June 27, 2026
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Economy
Markets, inflation, main street.
Dissenter’s Economy desk covers inflation, jobs, energy prices, the Federal Reserve, and trade — with an eye on how Washington policy lands on working families and small business, not just Wall Street headlines.
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Oil Prices Drop After Iran Ceasefire, But Washington Caused the Spike
Working Americans get pump relief not from Washington policy, but from a pause in the intervention that caused the spike.
June 27, 2026
Economy
White House Dumps Toxic Debris; CDC Axes Proven Overdose Programs
The ruling class remodels while working Americans breathe toxic dust—and lose life-saving overdose programs.
June 27, 2026
Economy
Trump Vows 100% Tariffs on Nations Taxing American Tech
European countries are quietly extracting cash from American tech firms. Trump is drawing the line: drop the taxes or lose trade deals.
June 26, 2026
Economy
Mortgage Rates Stuck At 6.26%—And The Press Calls It Progress
A 12-basis-point drop changes nothing for working Americans still waiting on the Fed's broken promises.
June 26, 2026
Economy
California's Retroactive Wealth Tax Hits November Ballot
A union-backed billionaire tax sets the precedent for state asset confiscation—today billionaires, tomorrow your retirement.
June 26, 2026
Economy
Google Finance Wants Your Portfolio Data, Selling Surveillance as Convenience
Google Finance exits beta with an AI app that asks you to hand over your financial holdings to the company that already reads your email.
June 26, 2026
Economy
Fed Inflation Hits 3-Year High, Proving 'Victory' Was a Lie
The central bank claimed victory over inflation. Working Americans paying higher prices knew it was a sham.
June 25, 2026
Economy
Fed's Own Numbers Prove Inflation Victory Lap Is a Lie
The Fed's preferred inflation gauge hit a near-three-year high and gas surged 59%. Now rate hikes loom—and working Americans pay the bill.
June 25, 2026
Economy
Central Banks Admit Inflation Sticks After Iran Ceasefire—Workers Pay
ECB and Fed blamed geopolitics for price hikes. Iran ceasefire came. Inflation stayed.
June 25, 2026
Economy
SK Hynix Seeks $29B on U.S. Markets — To Build Chip Factories in Korea
Korean chipmaker central to America's AI infrastructure wants U.S. investor cash for overseas factories while domestic semiconductor capacity stalls.
June 25, 2026
Economy
Irvine Blew Millions on Bloat, Now Wants Residents to Pay
City officials inflated staff and vanity projects. Now they want credit card fees and parking charges to cover the deficit.
June 25, 2026
Economy
Fed Keeps Rates High, Squeezing Workers as ECB Admits Inflation Stays
Unelected central bankers admit inflation isn't going away. The Fed won't cut rates, and Main Street foots the bill through November.
June 25, 2026
Economy
Musk Loses Trillionaire Status in Market Sell-Off, Press Cheers
The establishment press is gloating over a paper-loss number, ignoring the actual value of the companies behind it.
June 24, 2026
Economy
Amazon to Sell AI Chips, Tightening Grip on Digital Economy
Amazon will sell its custom AI chips to outside firms, tightening its grip on the digital stack while regulators stand idle.
June 24, 2026
Economy
Elites Declare Brexit a Failure by Their Favorite Metric: GDP
The same class predicting doom for America-first policies is using GDP to prove British voters got it wrong.
June 24, 2026
Economy
$17.5B Nuclear Loans: Taxpayers Take Risk, Westinghouse Takes the Cash
Taxpayers front the risk for 10 new reactors while the only licensed builder partners on every project—and the utilities stay hidden.
June 24, 2026
Economy
Chevron-Microsoft AI Deal: Profits for Giants, Costs for You
A 20-year West Texas gas pact reveals who owns the AI economy—and who gets stuck with the bill.
June 24, 2026
Economy
AI Bubble Pops: Tech Stocks Crash, Retail Investors Hold the Bag
$900B wiped out from peak, seven firms prop up 30% of the S&P 500, and Wall Street already cashed out.
June 23, 2026
Economy
Meta Builds 'Arena' Prediction Markets App to Funnel Billions Into Betting
Zuckerberg's 'Arena' would funnel billions of users into prediction markets while regulators look the other way.
June 23, 2026
Economy
Surfside Condo Collapsed in Slow Motion — Regulators Did Nothing
NIST final report: Champlain Towers failed over weeks, not minutes. Years of warnings and code violations went nowhere.
June 23, 2026
Economy
Goldman Sachs Hedges Rate Shock While Main Street Gets Locked In
Wall Street gets the exit ramp; Denver homeowners get zero offers and mounting losses.
June 23, 2026
Economy
SpaceX Drops 23%, Press Crows—But the Fed Is the Real Story
Wall Street's stenographers are cheering SpaceX's post-IPO pullback, but a thin float, a $20B bond sale, and a hawkish Fed tell the real story.
June 23, 2026
Economy
Alan Greenspan Is Dead. Main Street Is Still Paying for His Symphony.
The Fed chair spent 18 years building the fiat-money regime that enriched Wall Street and fueled the 2008 crash that wiped out working Americans.
June 22, 2026
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