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Economy
How a Questionable Tech Contract Jeopardized Food Stamps at Farmers’ Markets
This is a tangle of federal, state and private entities' failure to coordinate in a rapidly evolving landscape.
Participatory Democracy: A Tool for Social Change
It's about wielding power against unaccountable corporations and governments.
A Progressive Political Economy in the Aftermath of Neoliberalism’s Destruction
The global capitalist economy functions in a very asymmetrical and dangerous way.
Where Donald Trump and the Elites Agree on Protectionism: Patents and Copyrights
We need to find new mechanisms for compensating innovation and creative work.
Elon Musk and Rahm Emanuel’s Transportation Scheme Is a Privatization Bonanza
This is neoliberal policy to the core.
Most Workers Are Struggling as Trump and Corporate Media Tout Economic Growth
Corporations and the rich are feasting on most of the growth while workers see their wages fall.
Attacking Income Inequality by Limiting Wealth
Redistribution is not enough; we need an economy that generates less inequality in the first place.
Five Steps Toward Ending the Black Homeownership Crisis in the US
In the absence of national leadership, some tactical solutions to closing the racial gap in homeownership.
Can a Cap Be Placed on the Incomes of the Super-Rich?
In this excerpt from “The Case for a Maximum Wage,” author Sam Pizzigati argues that a maximum wage is possible.
National Insecurity in the United States of Inequality
It's time to rethink the American national security state with its annual trillion-dollar budget.