Big companies don’t give a second thought to making big profits during the COVID-19 pandemic even if that means thousands of workers—and their families—will get sick and die from the virus. Actually, it’s a feature not a bug, no pun intended—in food processing, all those workers who make sure you get beef or chicken on […]
Working Life
Jonathan Tasini's Ruminations on Work, The Economy, and PoliticsTag Archive | "Pentagon"
Episode 188: Corporations & the Pandemic Killing Fields; Taking A Cleaver To The Pentagon Budget
Posted on 01 July 2020.
Posted in Audio, Podcast, WorkersComments (0)
Episode 39: Killing Big, Killing Small
Posted on 19 July 2017.
The economic and political system kills people, in big numbers and, sometimes, one at a time. This week, I look at the killing, big and small, with my guests. In Colombia, a union leader is murdered, and we discuss with Gimena Sanchez how his death is a microcosm of bad trade deals. We also look […]
Posted in Audio, Economy, Labor, Podcast, PoliticsComments (0)
Episode 22: A $54 Billion Strangeloveian Kiss Because The Pentagon Needs More Toys.
Posted on 22 March 2017.
Who cares if old people go hungry if the military-industrial complex can celebrate, right? That’s basically the upshot of Trump throwing a $54 billion increase the Pentagon’s way—even if there is no clear idea what to do with the money, it’s champagne time for the war machine. I go in-depth with two experts on this […]
Posted in Audio, Economy, Podcast, PoliticsComments (0)
Where Did The Money Go? Ten Year War Costs: $4.4 Trillion
Posted on 30 June 2011.
Math is a pretty simple thing–except if you are an elected member of Congress engaging in misdirection, blaming the wrong people and a healthy dose of cognitive dissonance (which requires that you reconcile conflicting realities by blaming, justifying or denying the truth). Which brings us to: why do we have deficits? Well, at least […]
Posted in General InterestComments (0)
© 2026 Working Life. Powered by WordPress.
