Economy
Record Gas Prices Squeeze Americans Into Older, Smaller Cars
Working people aren't choosing smaller cars—they're being priced out of their trucks by record gas.
October 7, 2026
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Dissenter’s Economy desk covers inflation, jobs, the Federal Reserve, tariffs, 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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Amazon Prime Day 'Deals' Dangle $1,700 Phones on Squeezed Americans
Big Tech's fake discounts lock working families into subscription traps while inflation crushes paychecks.
October 7, 2026
Economy
India Hikes Rates: Inflation Is Global, Not an American Accident
Central banks worldwide are scrambling to contain the same money-printing hangover. The dirty secret: they never want prices to come down.
October 7, 2026
Economy
McDonald's Sued Over AI Tool Enabling Franchisee Price-Fixing
A federal lawsuit says McDonald's AI tool let franchisees coordinate prices, sticking working families with the tab.
October 7, 2026
Economy
Wall Street Pockets Record $90B As Americans Drown In $18.8T Debt
Wall Street's AI-fueled bonanza runs straight through Main Street's maxed-out cards.
October 6, 2026
Economy
True Food Kitchen Bankrupt: 89 NJ Jobs Wiped Out
Wall Street says the economy is fine. Main Street just lost another 89 jobs.
October 6, 2026
Economy
Amazon Prime Day: Planned Obsolescence Dressed As A Bargain
As inflation devours paychecks, Big Tech and the press push working Americans into debt for junk they don't need.
October 6, 2026
Economy
Stocks Hit Records While Inflation Hammers Workers
Wall Street rallies on a slight oil dip, but near-$100 crude and relentless inflation still crush working Americans.
October 6, 2026
Economy
Google Pixel 12 Leaks: Big Tech Pushes Upgrades Before Your Phone Is Paid Off
Google's Pixel 12 specs leak months after the Pixel 11 launch—a timed ritual to make your current phone feel obsolete before it's paid off.
October 6, 2026
Economy
Musk Flirts With TSMC, Exposing Intel's Subsidy-Dependent Chip Rot
Congress threw billions at Intel. The market just proved it's a subsidized mirage.
October 5, 2026
Economy
Apple Slashes AirTag, AirPod Prices to Hook You on Surveillance
Discounted AirTags and AirPods make it cheap to wire your life for corporate and state data grabs.
October 5, 2026
Economy
Mortgage Interest Now Costs More Than the House
At 7.456%, a $300K loan generates over $450K in interest. The Fed's war on inflation is being waged directly on the middle class.
October 5, 2026
Economy
Fed Rate Hikes Crush Dividend Stocks as AI Boom Squeezes Main Street
The Fed's rate war is savaging the dividend portfolios working Americans rely on for income — and central bankers admit the AI boom is making it worse.
October 5, 2026
Economy
REITs Hit a Rate Wall — Your Retirement Savings Pay the Price
Central bankers signal more hikes, and Main Street portfolios absorb the damage
October 5, 2026
Economy
UA System Hails Its Empire Builder. Students Got the Bill.
Alan Sugg spent 21 years building the UA machine. Obituaries celebrate the growth. Student debt tells the real story.
October 4, 2026
Economy
Ohio Man Loses $10K to Crypto Scam While Illinois Town Drops $6M on Cop Palace
Working Americans get fleeced by predators while local governments build themselves palaces.
October 4, 2026
Economy
Navistar Axes 1,400 Ohio Workers Days Before Trump Rally
Springfield layoffs wipe out a year of Dayton-area job growth — and the press won't ask why manufacturing keeps dying
October 4, 2026
Economy
Congress Moves to Kill $28B Hemp Industry, Reward Big Pharma
A federal ban would wipe out 225,000 jobs and hand relief-seekers back to Big Pharma.
October 4, 2026
Economy
Iowa Pols Ram $1.36B to Indian Conglomerate Days Before Swing Vote
Lawmakers voted blind on company with bankruptcy history, Russian bank ties
October 3, 2026
Economy
Google Buys Spirit Pilots' Private Data; Unions Sue to Block
Tech giant grabs thousands of crews' personnel files in a bankruptcy fire sale; unions demand a federal court block the deal.
October 3, 2026
Economy
Fed Set to Hike Rates Again — Workers Pay the Tab
Warsh promised regime change but delivers the same: higher rates for workers, zero accountability for the inflation architects.
October 3, 2026
Economy
DoJ Drops Powell Probe—Inflation's Architect Walks Free
IG flagged billions in lax Fed renovation oversight—but criminal accountability is dead, and the man who crushed your paycheck walks.
October 3, 2026
Economy
Wayne County Overrides Veto, Hands $2T Google Tax Breaks
Commissioners override executive's veto on rushed deal, hand corporate welfare to a $2 trillion company.
October 2, 2026
Economy
September Jobs Miss: Wall Street Cheers, Main Street Bleeds
Wall Street celebrates a catastrophic jobs miss to get cheaper Fed money, but Main Street pays the price.
October 2, 2026
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