Recession – Page 7 – People's World

Capitalist insolence and taxes

March 3, 2011 By PW Editorial Board

Wells Fargo, Bank of America and Citigroup were all deeply involved in the sub-prime mortgage crisis, which prompted the Great Recession and the huge budget deficits. And they pay no taxes.

Record protests rock Wisconsin, workers stand firm in Indiana

February 24, 2011 By John Wojcik

Feb. 23, 2011 goes down as one of the largest demonstrations outside of Madison in Wisconsin history.

The greatest recovery?

February 23, 2011 By Mark Provost

Corporate executives have extracted record profits by sabotaging the recovery on every front - eliminating employees, repressing wages, withholding investment and shirking federal taxes.

Capitalism sucks: more loyal to profit abroad than jobs at home

February 22, 2011 By Joe Sims

Prospects for U.S. workers in the post-recession economy are grimmer than ever.

Economists paint bleak picture of Great Recession aftermath

February 8, 2011 By Mark Gruenberg

A total of one out of every six workers are un- or underemployed.