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Public-Sector Squeeze
A national campaign is now fully launched to make local, public-sector employees pick up a major share of the costs of the economic crisis. Years of rising spending and …
Happy Days Are Here Again – as Long as You Ignore the Jobs Crisis
If Tina Turner was to reprise her 1980’s hit in 2011, it would surely be called, “What’s jobs got to do with it?” Unemployment and underemployment remain dangerously high, …
Farewell to Modernity in the New Age of Surveillance
As has been said, probably rightly, the 19th century did not end until 1914, when the First World War broke out; similarly, the 20th century did not end on …
More than 250 Economists Call for Trade Reforms to Allow Capital Controls
In a letter delivered January 31, more than 250 economists urged the Obama administration to reform U.S. trade rules that restrict the use of capital controls. The statement reflects …
Obama’s Shift on Egypt
There has been a major shift within the Obama administration over the weekend regarding its policy toward Egypt. President Obama appears to have finally realized that reform within the …
ElBaradei, Muslim Brotherhood Offer Political Path Out of Egyptian Confrontation
Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood leader Essam el-Eryan said today that Egyptian opposition groups have agreed to back former IAEA head Mohamed ElBaradei to negotiate with the government, Al Jazeera reports: …
Leading Egyptian Feminist, Nawal El Saadawi: “Women and Girls Are, Beside the Boys, Are in the Streets” (Video)
Guest: Nawal El Saadawi, Egyptian feminist and human rights activist. She was a political prisoner and exiled from Egypt for years.
Dean Baker | Debts Should Be Honored, Except When the Money Is Owed to Working People
This seems to be the lesson that our nation's leaders are trying to pound home to us. According to The New York Times, members of Congress are secretly running …
Protests Persist in Egypt as New Cabinet Is Seated
Cairo - In a limited gesture unlikely to ease protesters’ pressure for his ouster, President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt reorganized his government on Monday, leaving some key ministers in …
Why Has Egypt’s Army Not Confronted the Protests?
Washington - As unprecedented protests have led to national chaos in Egypt, the Egyptian army has taken no decisive action to end the conflict, leaving experts to wonder which …