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Economy & Labor

Richard Wolff on Public Debt, Printing Money and How Governments Pay for Wars
Professor Wolff talks about how politicians exploit the mechanism of money printing.

In Latest Populist Betrayal, Trump Executive Order Unchains Wall Street Greed
Orders signed Friday are nothing more than special favors for the same Wall Street banks that crashed our economy in 2008 and put millions of Americans out of work.

The Student Debt Crisis Is Exploding
Student loan debt has grown to overwhelm all other categories of non-housing consumer debt in this nation.

Marine Le Pen, Donald Trump and the Emergence of New Right-Wing Movements
Socialists and radicals must come up with a new version of a globalized economy, says C.J. Polychroniou.

Largest Charter School Chain in LA Raises Millions in Dark Money to Fight Union Drive
The extraordinary lengths to which Los Angeles' largest charter school chain will go to defeat a union drive were revealed in a new California State Auditor report.

So Much for “Draining the Swamp”: Wall Street’s Power Soars Under Trump
Goldman Sachs has avoided $10 billion in taxes and we need to end their influence on the US government.

Gentrification Is a Trauma Caused by Capital
In this excerpt from “How to Kill a City,” Peter Moskowitz describes how the changing landscape of New York City prompted his desire to understand gentrification.

Kleptocracy? How Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner Personally Profit From Their Roles in the White House
Ivanka Trump secured three new exclusive trademarks in China the very same day she and her father had dinner with Chinese President Xi Jinping.

Harvesting Union Rights in the Field
North Carolina farmworkers are getting ready for a season of organizing with the Farm Labor Organizing Committee.

Global Capitalist Crisis and Trump’s War Drive
Global inequalities can only be sustained by more repressive and ubiquitous systems of social control and repression.