Tony Annett
@tonyannett
Economist. Social democrat. Author of “Cathonomics: How Catholic Tradition Can Create a More Just Economy.”
Bookends. My book Cathonomics was published at the start of the year. And this new book, Ethics in Action, was published at the end of the year. I’m the author of one, and an editor of another.
In 1953, the US overthrew a democratic government in Iran to protect American oil companies. Never forget.
Spoke with Iraqi PM Sudani about the recent attacks against oil companies in Iraq, including U.S. companies. We support a prosperous Iraq, free of Iran’s pernicious influence.
The chutzpah. Marco Rubio sends masked goons to arrest and disappear people who write op-eds he doesn’t like.
In Europe, thousands are being convicted for the crime of criticizing their own governments. This Orwellian message won't fool the United States. Censorship is not freedom.
Free market economics gave us the long depression. Free market economics gave us the Great Depression. Free market economics gave us the global financial crisis.
It's surprising, how many people are suprised by Milei's economic success. Free-market economics has always worked, when given a chance. I agree that the surprise is how politically savy he has been and how receptive the Argentinian people are to him reforms. Lots more work to…
I’m generally of the view that the global financial crisis explains the current political dysfunction. But I also think the pandemic explains some of it.
Really? He has a temporary growth spurt, something that had happened many times before - including under Peronists.
"While the world fixates on Donald Trump’s populist cocktail of reciprocal tariffs and big, beautiful deficits, @JMilei is delivering a man-made miracle that should gladden the heart of every classical economist and quicken the pulse of all political libertarians." 1/5
Not content with hurting the country and their own constituents, House Republicans are once again treating D.C.’s 700,000 residents like political pawns. Keep your hands OFF D.C. This is why we need to pass my D.C. statehood bill with @EleanorNorton. washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2025/…
BREAKING! Holy crap! CNN just released exclusive new video of Trump and Jeffrey Epstein hanging out at the 1999 Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show, as well as images of Epstein at Trump’s second wedding. No wonder why Trump is trying to deflect with Obama claims
He’s trying to distract from Epstein. Let’s not fall for it.
Trump is really losing it
Come on. Democrats need to get out of their bubble and go into hostile spaces. Show that they can win on the battlefield of ideas.
From Megyn Kelly to Bari Weiss, Rahm really has his pulse on the Democratic base.
I might see it. I loved the 1978 Superman movie as a child. But I’m not a fan of modern superhero movies with their lack of plot and reliance on boring CGI effects.
I saw Superman. It was great.
Socialism is what they called public power. Socialism is what they called social security. Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations. Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people. —Harry Truman, 1952
He will bankrupt the country just like bankrupted every business he ever ran.
Trump has signed legislation cumulatively adding $13 trillion in debt in his 4.5 years as president - dwarfing every other president in our lifetime. Give me a break.
Never before in the Nation’s almost 250 year history has America’s present and future depended more on the free press than it does today.
Shutting down the House to hide the Epstein files is a betrayal of people who simply want the truth. This is why people are so cynical about Washington.
Breaking News: Speaker Mike Johnson said he would shut down the House until September to block a vote on calling for the release of the Jeffrey Epstein files. nyti.ms/4nZtblR
Oh sure, these reductions were granted by employers out of the goodness of their hearts! And don’t forget that the decline was greater in Europe, where socialist parties were stronger.
“Roughly two-thirds of economic historians surveyed rejected the proposition that the efforts of labor unions were the primary cause of the drop in work hours before the Great Depression.”
The situation in Gaza is horrific. The suffering of civilians and the death of innocent children is intolerable. I echo the call by Foreign Ministers of 28 countries for all hostages to be released, and for a surge in humanitarian aid. This war must end and it must end now.
I have issues with how Obama handled the financial crisis, but at least he understood the (very complex) issues involved. McCain did not, remember. Could you even imagine a moron like Trump in 2008?
Trump Treasury Secretary: "Newspapers like the Wall Street Journal are not used to a high-functioning executive president. They are used to perhaps President Obama, who was not as economically sophisticated as President Trump." @atrupar
Unions bled and died for the 8 hour day. Just look at the massive 1886 strike led by the Knights of Labor, which ended in bloodshed.
Capitalism has dramatically increased the spare time enjoyed by everyone
You’re bragging about imposing highly regressive consumption taxes. And you just added $5 trillion to the debt. Sit down.
We've brought in nearly $100B in tariff revenue so far and are on track for $300B this year. That's almost 1% of GDP. June delivered a budget surplus with higher revenue and lower spending. This is how we clean up the fiscal mess we inherited.
“Biblical Christians” - code for weird American evangelicals, with a theology completely unmoored from historic Christianity.
Hamas and the Vatican are in bed together. They both lied about the church destruction and the deaths in order to drive a wedge between Israel and the Biblical Christians that stand with them.