Economics

Coronavirus response: Lawmakers prefer helping workers but Trump pushes tax cuts

March 12, 2020 By Mark Gruenberg

Some House Dems want at least 12 weeks of paid sick leave, immediately, for all workers.

Is the Trump economy actually that good for Black Americans?

February 26, 2020 By Jamie Buell And Dedrick Asante-Muhammad

Unemployment may be down for many black Americans, and wages are up -- but the wealth gap remains.

Indian Communists: Trump’s economic demands leave country vulnerable to U.S. corporations

February 24, 2020 By Combined Sources

“The singular intention of the U.S. administration is to further pry open the Indian economy to boost U.S. corporate interests and thus help the re-election bid of Trump,” the Communist Party of India-Marxist declared.

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.