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Economy & Labor
The GMO Debate: One Student’s Experience of Pro-GMO Propaganda at Cornell University
Our universities have become extensions of corporate power, at the cost of our health, livelihoods, and ecology.
Clinton, Trump and Budget-Busting Tax Cuts
By deriding Trump's tax plan as a budget buster, we make getting support for these investments even more difficult.
Signs of the Coming Economic Crash
This generation's fight against the Royalists is coming — let's get ready to win.
Antony Loewenstein on Disaster Capitalism
Antony Loewenstein discusses his current film project, “Disaster Capitalism.”
Economic Update: Economic Crisis, Fascism and History
This episode discusses inequality in India, and more.
The Effects of Government-Issued Money: Road to Hyperinflation or Cure for Debt Deflation?
Critics may disapprove of the helicopter money option, but the market evidently approves.
Can Industrial Hemp Save Kentucky’s Small Farms?
As tobacco declines, some hope that hemp can be a “gateway crop” to financial sustainability.
Who Plans the Economy? Imagining Fair and Free Trade
We need new trade and investment rules that shift control from the plutocratic private owner to the democratic public.
Uninvited to the Party: Laura Flanders at the Republican National Convention
Mainstream media were all over the Republican National Convention — but what didn't they show you?
Is the Trans-Pacific Partnership President Obama’s Vietnam?
“Credibility” is an ill-defined goal, and the quest for it can have very bad outcomes, as we saw in Vietnam.