Economics
What REAL tax reform—for working people—could look like
November 2, 2017The Republican plan isn’t tax reform—it’s a rip-off scheme.
Read moreNot one penny for billionaires, says coalition against GOP tax cuts
November 2, 2017Eighty percent of the tax cuts in the Republican plan would go to the richest 1 percent of the country.
Read moreInternational trade unionists hunt solutions for downsides of “free trade”
November 1, 2017“Free trade has been accompanied by economic and social chaos,” says Noureddine Taboubi, a union leader from Tunisia.
Read moreKarl Marx makes a comeback
September 14, 2017Over the last decade, Marx has also made a comeback as a serious intellectual figure. In the fall of 2008, as the global financial crisis was starting to be felt and understood, The Guardian reported on...
Read moreParty like it’s 1999: Incomes finally break pre-millennium peak
September 13, 2017In a stark reminder of the damage done by the Great Recession, the median American household only last year finally earned more than it did in 1999.
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