economy – Page 45 – People's World

Is the Earth overpopulated?

March 13, 2014 By Robert Meeropol

We must bring down the population through universal education, and government assisted family planning programs; doing so is a necessary condition of controlling global warming.

From wealth gap to voting rights, labor takes a stand

February 21, 2014 By Mark Gruenberg

From opposing "fast-track" trade treaty bargaining authority to restoring and expanding voting rights, the AFL-CIO Executive Council committed the labor movement to specific stands on a select group of high-profile issues.

“Organize, organize, organize”: 16,000 boost Women’s Economic Agenda

January 30, 2014 By Diane Mohney

Sixteen thousand participants, in a post-State-of-the-Union phone conference Wednesday night, discussed a Women's Economic Agenda for the nation.

What should Jamie Dimon do with his $8.5 million raise?

January 28, 2014 By Susan Webb

JPMorgan Chase has raised CEO Jamie Dimon's pay for 2013 by 74 percent, bringing it up to $20 million - we can all breathe a sigh of relief for Jamie.

Does December jobs report mean recovery?

January 13, 2014 By John Case

Here the big question on the minds of most working people I talk to: is the talk of economic recovery from the 2008 depression BS? or for real?