economy – Page 21 – People's World

New U.S. economic attack against Cuba may hit soon

January 18, 2019 By W. T. Whitney, Jr.

Cuba’s economy continues to lag, as indicated by low rates of growth – 1.2 percent in 2018, necessity to import 80 percent of its food, difficulties in repaying loans, etc.

Reminder: U.S. also employs state of national emergency against socialist Cuba

January 15, 2019 By W. T. Whitney, Jr.

Cuba’s 2019 budget dedicates 51 percent of its outlay to paying education and health care costs.

Millions to strike across India against Modi’s neoliberal economic crisis

January 7, 2019 By Morning Star

“Public-sector employees, unorganized sector workers, port and dock workers and bank and insurance employees are going to observe the nationwide protest against the growing economic crisis, price rises and acute unemployment.”

Create jobs while saving the world with a Green New Deal

January 3, 2019 By Norah Vawter

The basic idea is to get us to 100 percent renewable energy by 2035 by putting Americans to work building a new energy infrastructure.

A day in the life of an unemployed New Yorker

October 31, 2018 By Cameron Orr

I am a musician, teacher, and writer, a skilled worker with skills not highly valued by a vulture market. In our society, racist, sexist, ableist, ageist, and other-ist capitalists make decisions amongst themselves about everybody else....