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Economy & Labor
Trump Has Already Broken All of the Promises He Made to Workers During the State of the Union
Trump's war on workers extends even to the public sector.
Trump’s Financial Arsonists: The Next Financial Crisis May Well Be Around the Corner
Trump's economic team is in the process of making the financial system combustible again.
Activists Are Using the Super Bowl Spotlight on the Twin Cities to Draw Attention to Affordable Housing
Activists are using the spotlight to draw attention to affordable housing and corporate mistreatment.
Why People Love “Assistance to the Poor” but Hate “Welfare”
What's the difference between “welfare” and “assistance”?
The Next Cryptocurrencies
Dean Baker | It’s Still the Yellen-Obama Economy
In the State of the Union address we are likely to hear Donald Trump boast about the great economy.
Worker Cooperatives Offer Real Alternatives to Trump’s Retrograde Economic Vision
A growing number of cities, counties and states are beginning to look at cooperatives more seriously.
Walmart’s Response to Tax Reform Highlights US Wealth Inequality
Tax reform likely had very little to do with Walmart raising wages.
When Women Have a Union, We Don’t Have to Walk in Alone
CounterSpin interview with Jane McAlevey on #MeToo and labor.
How to Bring Caring for Kids and Elders (and Other Acts of Love) Into the Economy
It's one of the most concrete representations of love that we have, yet it's extremely undervalued.