The stimulus plan saved many jobs and helped prevent a deeper crash, but was far short of spurring a recovery.
Economy & Labor
Despite the many expressed fears that the Apocalypse awaits us and the alarmist predictions that we are about to go over the proverbial cliff when it comes to…
This study asks Who are the the worldu2019s 1 percent power elite? And to what extent do they operate in unison for their own private gains over benefits…
CNN reports that early drafts of the Republican Partyu2019s 2012 platform include a constitutional ban on abortion.
The global “army of the unemployed” weakened American labor, but tariffs are not a solution – a mass mobilization is needed.
Americau2019s late-stage capitalism, built upon the imagined glories of global empire and the deep deceptions of personalized propaganda, has created a nation that has lost touch with genuine…
Updates on European crisis (creative Spanish anti-austerity politics, Mondragon avoids worst of crisis, suicides in response to crisis), Chilean students’ strike against privatized education as bad education.
Bob Pollin: In the quest for a short term solution to the crisis, there is a lot to learn from Swedish social-democracy.
Authors Harrison and Landy recently returned from a trip to Greece, where they met with activists and others to gain a better understanding of the popular upsurge against…
New proposals to broaden the ownership of wealth are increasingly commonplace – and given the growing discontent, appear all but certain to continue to grow in number and…