Truthout
Economy
Explosion of Interest in Worker Cooperatives Drives Economic Changes
The movement for democratic worker-ownership has been steadily growing since the 2008 financial crisis.
The Public Banking Revolution Is Upon Us
Policymakers in California and Washington State are vying to form the nation’s second state-owned bank.
States Are Trying to Stop Cities From Raising Minimum Wage
GOP-controlled legislatures have been wresting control over wages and benefits from local governments.
Women Still Take Home Less Money Than They’ve Rightfully Earned
If we paid women equal pay for equal work, they would add $512 billion to the economy.
Pete Buttigieg Trivializes the Impact of Trade on US Job Losses
The Democratic presidential candidate has been telling audiences a very big lie.
I’ve Seen Goldman Sachs From the Inside. We Need Public Banks.
We need to move away from the Wall Street model of banking, which privatizes profit while socializing harm.
It’s Time to Transform the Tax Code and Implement a Green New Deal
More progressive and ecological taxation is essential to fund the ecosocialist Green New Deal.
San Francisco Housing Prices Are Set Based on What Rich Techies Can Pay
Housing developers in California's Bay Area are catering to the wealthy -- at the expense of everyone else.
Who Really Got a Tax Cut This Year? Corporations and the Wealthy.
Nearly two-thirds of U.S. voters want Trump's tax law repealed.
Threatening the Chair of the Fed Is No Way to Lower Interest Rates
Neither Trump nor Congress should be directly raising or lowering interest rates.