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Economy & Labor
Pruitt Emails Reveal Communications With ALEC and Koch Groups
The cozy relationship between Pruitt, the Kochs, ALEC and big polluters who fund ALEC will no doubt continue as Pruitt begins to dismantle the EPA.
Cutting Off Capital: How to Resist Trump’s Corporate Collaborators
The Hedge Clippers campaign looks at hedge funds and private equity, thus hedge clippers clip their power.
Richard D. Wolff: What Is Money? Why Do Some Have More Than Others?
Richard D. Wolff discusses the instrument of exchange that we use in our society on a daily basis.
No More Devil’s Bargains: The West No Longer Can Mortgage Its Way Out of Past Bottom-Shelf Deals
We have to foster option #4. This is our struggle.
Trump Is Bankrupting Our Nation to Enrich the War Profiteers
Trump's calls for a military buildup are opening the fiscal floodgates for congressional hawks and defense industry contractors.
Reason, Creativity and Freedom: The Communalist Model
Now, more than ever, history calls for a grassroots democracy at a global scale. If we look carefully, all the tools are at hand.
Economic Update: The Unfinished Revolution of Women’s Paid Labor
This week's episode discusses Takata airbags and auto company misdeeds, Trump's defense spending and more.
Taxcast: Financial Transaction Taxes to Protect Us From Our Finance Sectors, and More
How financial transaction taxes can protect us from finance sectors dragging our economies down.
To Resist Trump, Divide His Supporters
Successful movements must mobilize supporters and neutralize the opposition. The first step is easy. The second requires a strategy of division.
Trump’s Budget Will Take Aim at Non-Retiree Social Safety Net
Other major federal programs beyond Social Security and Medicare face deep cuts.