John Bellamy Foster is the editor of
Monthly Review and a professor of sociology at the University of Oregon. R. Jamil Jonna is associate editor for communications and production at
Monthly Review. Brett Clark is associate editor of
Monthly Review and a professor of sociology at the University of Utah.
The authors thank John Mage, Craig Medlen, and Fred Magdoff for their assistance.
The U.S. economy and society at the start of 2021 is more polarized than it has been at any point since the Civil War. The wealthy are awash in a flood of riches, marked by a booming stock market, while the underlying population exists in a state of relative, and in some cases even absolute, misery and decline. The result is two national economies as perceived, respectively, by the top and the bottom of society: one of prosperity, the other of precariousness. At the level of production, economic stagnation is diminishing the life expectations of the vast majority. At the same time, financializatio
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The U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. The US is second only to the Cayman Islands as the most secretive jurisdiction in the world, according to the 2020 Financial Secrecy Index. Image: Bloomberg
The US Senate has signed the death warrant for anonymous companies with its recent passing of the Corporate Transparency Act, by a veto-proof majority of 84 to 13.
The bill â which will have to be signed by the US president for it to pass into law â was tacked onto the National Defence Authorisation Act. It is expected to be passed before the end of the year.