Author Archives: S.J. Kerrigan

Five Stunning Facts About America’s Prison System You Haven’t Heard

By S.J. Kerrigan | Published: April 26, 2014

We’ve done several exposés on the prison system in America, including The Prison System Runs Amok, Expands at Frightening Pace (Sept 6, 2012) and Selling the American Dream is the Biggest Market of All (Sept. 30, 2013), but there’s still much more to be said about this topic. America’s massive prison system is creating a long list […]

Posted in News | Tagged Justice System, Prisons, Privatization | 13 Responses

Updated Healthcare Spending Graphs Are as Bleak as Ever

By S.J. Kerrigan | Published: April 3, 2014

In 2012, I created this chart, which mapped out US federal government spending on healthcare from 1960 to the Congressional Budget Office’s projections up to 2022, which was the most recent data they had available at the time. For a while now, I’ve wanted to update that chart to address some criticisms people had. First, […]

Posted in News | Tagged Financial Crisis, Healthcare | Leave a comment

US Government is Partially Responsible for Philip Seymour Hoffman’s Death

By S.J. Kerrigan | Published: February 3, 2014

Yesterday, on the eve of the nation’s most celebrated spectacle, the Super Bowl, it was announced that actor Philip Seymour Hoffman had died from a heroine overdose, reportedly with the needle still in his arm. Of course, Hoffman is responsible for his own actions, especially given that he had numerous opportunities to benefit from rehab […]

Posted in News | Tagged Drug War, Justice System, Law Enforcement | Leave a comment

A Return to Capitalism is Impossible, Even if it Were Desirable

By S.J. Kerrigan | Published: December 19, 2013

Definitions are important. Without correctly defining what the problems are, we can’t offer a workable solution. This is so obvious and yet despite enormous effort, there is no consensus on what kind of economic system we have right now. Do we have a capitalist system, the bane of the left for as long as there […]

Posted in Opinion | Tagged Economic Theory | 1 Response

Seven Reasons Bernanke’s Failure to Taper Portends Doom

By S.J. Kerrigan | Published: September 19, 2013

Yesterday, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke announced that the government would not slow its bond purchasing (money printing) because the economy had not yet improved sufficiently. The magnitude of this decision is still being absorbed, but may have negative effects on the entire world in the coming years. How exactly? This might be a bit […]

Posted in Opinion | Tagged Banks, Financial Crisis, Inflation | 1 Response

Poland Confiscates Retirement Accounts and Yes, It’s Coming Here

By S.J. Kerrigan | Published: September 9, 2013

Poland recently announced that it was nationalizing the country’s private retirement accounts, their equivallent of 401(k)s. While residents will continue to have access to the funds just as they normally would, the move places private assets on the country’s public balance sheet. While this maneuver was in the works for sometime, of course, the devil […]

Posted in News | Tagged European Debt Crisis, Financial Crisis, Regulation | Leave a comment

Author Archives: S.J. Kerrigan

Five Stunning Facts About America’s Prison System You Haven’t Heard

Updated Healthcare Spending Graphs Are as Bleak as Ever

US Government is Partially Responsible for Philip Seymour Hoffman’s Death

A Return to Capitalism is Impossible, Even if it Were Desirable

Seven Reasons Bernanke’s Failure to Taper Portends Doom

Poland Confiscates Retirement Accounts and Yes, It’s Coming Here

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