Truthout
Economy

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What’s Wrong with the “Right to Work”?
Who really benefits from

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Detroit MLK Day for Justice: Of Dreams and Nightmares
n Detroit, on MLK Day, hundreds gathered to rally and protest against the persistent nightmares of inequality in urban cities nationwide.

Economic Update: Beyond Austerity to Economic Democracy
Updates on global capital's devastating moves and on the FED's huge recent expansion of the money supply. Interview with Prof. Jan Rehmann: a Gramscian analysis of the Occupy movement.

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The Myth of Living Beyond Our Means
The truth is most Americans have not been living beyond their means.

Davos Still Pushes Failed Global Vision
Bill Black reports from Davos that the Global Competitiveness Report pushes countries towards even more deregulation - policies that helped trigger the crisis.

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Spain’s Rebellion Moves to Print
Spain debuts a revolutionary magazine with a radical business model.

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GOP Stunt on Debt Ceiling Is Total Surrender to White House
The House GOP plan is nothing less than total capitulation to the Obama administration.

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Ownership, Full Employment and Community Economic Stability
The only thing worse than being exploited by capitalism is not being exploited by capitalism.

Economists’ Statement on Regulation
We are economists who think that the economy should serve people, the planet and the future.

Responding to Financial Crisis: Are Austerity and Suffering Inevitable?
The idea that suffering for an economy is inevitable is repeated so often that it is now taken as received wisdom by policy makers and civil society alike, yet …