Economics
From the mouths of capitalists: ‘We need to see unemployment rise’
September 13, 2023Real estate billionaire Tim Gurner says “arrogant” workers have to be tamed.
Read moreFired Lowe’s worker: ‘Don’t blame workers for poor service, blame CEOs’
August 31, 2023New data shows big retailers have the cash to hire more workers and pay them well. They just spend it on stocks and CEOs instead.
Read more‘Rich Men North of Richmond’ are a problem; so are those south, east, and west
August 28, 2023“Rich Men North of Richmond” expresses class resentment with words and music evocative of Woody Guthrie. But Guthrie aimed his fire at economic elites that oppressed hardworking Americans; Oliver Anthony has people looking in the other...
Read moreUniting progressive and reactionary governments, expanded BRICS alliance doesn’t necessarily challenge U.S. imperialism
August 25, 2023The rise of the BRICS is not enough to displace the U.S. or avert a third world war.
Read more‘Bidenomics’ aims for global green transition, but it’s hampered by anti-China strategy
August 18, 2023U.S. capitalist elites now see China, a socialist-oriented economy with massive state investment in industry, infrastructure, and R&D, as a “strategic competitor.”
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