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Economy
A Bunch of CEOs Want to Fix Capitalism. You Can’t Fix Anything Built on Slavery.
When the revolution comes, it will be from the bottom up.
GOP’s Response to Inequality Crisis? More Tax Cuts for the Rich, of Course.
I'm a wealthy investor. Trump's proposal would save me and other big investors billions. This is wrong.
China Did Not Trick the US — Trade Negotiators Served Corporate Interests
The problem isn't China “winning” at the U.S.'s expense; it's U.S. corporations winning at the expense of U.S. workers.
We Could Eliminate Extreme Global Poverty If Multinationals Paid Their Taxes
The cost of global corporate tax avoidance is $500 billion and poor countries are bearing 40 percent of it.
The Dangerous New US Consensus on China and the Future of US-China Relations
A dangerous gridlock in U.S.-China relations could have dire consequences for the global economy and security.
Progressive Policies May Hurt the Stock Market. That’s Not a Bad Thing.
The stock market is a measure of the expectations of future profits, not economic health.
Instead of Criminalizing Individuals, Let’s Take Down the Gun Industry
The gun industry has legal immunity from liability. Congress should change that.
No, Trump, More Dollars to the Defense Sector Don’t Mean More Jobs
If job creation is your metric of choice, Pentagon contractors are a bad taxpayer investment.
Revised Profit Data Are Good News But Don’t Reverse Decades of Wage Stagnation
You don’t reverse four decades of wage stagnation with four relatively good years.
Trump Is Repackaging His Brand of Neoliberalism as Economic Nationalism
We must fight the U.S.’s economically brutal manipulation of the global market, says author T.J. Coles.