Economics
Gulf of America
May 13, 2026The latest from award-winning People's World cartoonist Greg Kearney.
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Psst: What no one will tell you about the national debt (but I will)
May 13, 2026One of the biggest reasons the federal debt has exploded is that tax cuts have reduced government revenues by trillions, and most of the benefits from those tax cuts are going to the wealthy.
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Trump’s Iran war: Economic rescue mission for U.S. capitalism?
May 11, 2026Now that the United States has de-industrialized and become debt-ridden, its ruling class has abandoned and reversed the economic rules that served it 80 years ago.
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Trump message on economy: Don’t worry, be happy!
May 11, 2026National Economic Director Kevin Hassett says rising consumer debt proves we are doing just fine.
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As Japanese employees work themselves to death, Communists say look to Marx
May 6, 2026Work/life balance? Bosses in Tokyo have never heard of it, but Japanese Communist Shii Kazuo says Marx’s “Capital” has the tools workers need to fight back.
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