Economics – People's World

Boom for whom? The “zombie idea” of a booming Trump economy

February 20, 2020 By Albert Bender

This economy is terrible, for millions, as usual.

U.S. encirclement endangers Cuba’s economy, provokes response

January 2, 2020 By W. T. Whitney Jr.

Maybe Cuba is relying on a not-so-secret weapon: the unity and solidarity of its people.

Canadian health care getting attention in U.S. election; how about income inequality?

September 13, 2019 By Sam Pizzigati

The faster that income and wealth concentrate at the top, the worse off the daily lives of average people become.

Jobs numbers conceal real unemployment and underemployment rate of 7.2%

September 6, 2019 By PAI

130,000 new jobs last month—but 20% of them were census temps. “This isn’t a very strong employment report,” AFL-CIO chief economist William Spriggs said.

Millennial workers who question capitalism are on to something

September 5, 2019 By PAI

Maybe it’s time to follow the millennials’ lead, and really start questioning not just aspects of the U.S. system, but the very nature of the system itself.