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Eight keys to address the deficit

July 5, 2010 By Richard Trumka

Labor leader Richard Trumka provides eight critical points to address the deficit in testimony to the White House National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform.

Haiti: Real development or cheap labor haven?

February 3, 2010 By Emile Schepers

Haiti is forced to think about how reconstruction is to be approached with another disaster looming: Economists.

Debt conflict riles Argentina

January 28, 2010 By W. T. Whitney, Jr.

Argentina's massive default on international debt repayments in 2002 has cut off foreign loan possibilities. The Fernandez government seeks once more to be able to borrow in order to fund social programs.

Banking on consumer debt

November 25, 2009 By Tony Pecinovsky

As the economic crisis continues to worsen and the official national unemployment rate inches well over 10 percent, more and more Americans are faced with more and more debt.

Cinco de Mayo has many lessons

May 7, 2003 By Emile Schepers

Cinco de Mayo celebrations across the U.S. and Mexico are an opportunity to deepen our understanding of the inequalities caused by imperialism and debt, and to redouble anti-imperialist solidarity, upholding the principle of national sovereignty for...