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Economy & Labor

Robert Johnson: Has Capitalism Lost the Ability to Reform Itself?
Capitalism is not rebalancing; the yearnings and desires of large portions of society are not being responded to.

Minimum Wage Controversy Sparks Countrywide Analysis
If there's one piece of data that people across the country have been talking (and arguing) about lately, it's the minimum wage.

How We Broke the Bank of England
Robert Johnson says, "I used to tell my dad, if I'm fortunate enough to see St. Peter and get through the gate, I'm not going to get in because …

CTUL Declares Victory in Breakthrough Worker Protections for Janitors at Target Stores
Target Corporation changes course to implement workers' rights policy in contracted cleaning at stores after four years of CTUL organizing

Bill Moyers | Joseph Stiglitz: How Tax Reform Can Save the Middle Class
Joseph E. Stiglitz says that such lucrative loopholes are contributing to America's inequality problem and persistent unemployment rate.

Economic Update: Capitalism’s Mounting Contradictions
Updates on: The Rhode Island Senate rewarding firms limiting inequality; recession-driven increases in suicide rates; opposition to the Dodd-Frank Act; and more.

Thomas Piketty and Elizabeth Warren Discuss Why the Rich Get Richer and the Rest Get Shafted
Elizabeth Warren and Thomas Piketty discuss why it is that the rich are getting richer, and everybody else is getting poorer, and most importantly, what we can do to …

Larry Summers Should Keep His Mouth Shut
Larry Summers is well on his way to rehabilitating his public image as a brilliant intellectual.

David Cay Johnston on the Perils of Our Growing Inequality
David Cay Johnston stresses that inequality is primarily a result of political and economic arrangements, including anti-trust policy and how much investment society and parents make in their children's …

Finance Is Building the Architecture of Its Own Rules
Robert Johnson says the scale of the political investment of finance, six, seven hundred million dollars, is overwhelming; with the political power of finance, do we still have a …