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Economy & Labor
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Economic Inequality Is a Major Threat to Human Progress, and More
85 people control the same amount of wealth as half the population of the entire world, and the top one percent has 65 times the wealth of the bottom …
Citizens United Four Years Later
Briffault: Private wealth of individuals and spending by super PACs, not just for-profit corporations, are spending huge sums in electoral politics.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Congress Chips Away at Social Safety Net, and More
Congress can't find the willpower to raise taxes on the rich, but that hasn't stopped them from chipping away at our retirement and slashing our social safety net, and …
Japan Remains Hotbed of TPP Protest as US Tries to Fast-Track Trade Deal, Crush Environmental Laws
Documents released by WikiLeaks show the White House may be ready to backtrack on a series of critical regulations in order to secure a deal on the trade pact, …
Economic Update: Europe’s Approach to Inequality
Richard D. Wolff discusses the history and dimensions of global inequality and movements for guaranteed annual incomes in Switzerland; and more.
75 Economists Including Seven Nobel Laureates Endorse Senate Bill to Raise Minimum Wage
$10.10 an hour minimum wage increase shows an improvement but is still not a living wage, which would be twice the poverty rate at $12 an hour.
Corporate Deregulation to Blame for Toxic Spill in West Virginia
Hundreds of thousands of West Virginians remain without clean water and anger grows against corporations' power to facilitate deregulation of environmental standards.
The Wind Kicks Up… and the Wind Kicks Down: Appreciating Life and Going With Infinity
It is obvious that the dominant culture's system is not working sensibly and is out of control.
Hybrids Are More Efficient When Driving in the City Than on the Highway
In addition to being less efficient, hybrids are also less eco-friendly on the highway.
Washington State Boeing Workers Accept Pension Concessions
Mike Elk: Boeing workers' new contract is a blow to worker pensions nationwide.