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Truthout Interviews Featuring Panayota Gounari on Greece, Neoliberalism, and the Crisis of Capitalism
In a sort of orgy of social necrophilia, the Greek government trumpets the “success” of austerity as the people of Greece suffer high unemployment, a shrinking of social services, …
Waving Free-Market Flag Brings Out Worst In Capitalism
We should be thinking outside of the box of capitalism — in particular, supporting the emerging solidarity economy.
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Economy Adds 192,000 Jobs in March, Unemployment Rate Unchanged
The ACA appears to be allowing workers to opt for part-time jobs and older workers to retire early.
Hopkins Hospital Workers Speak Out Against “Poverty Wages”
Jaisal Noor talks to workers at Baltimore's internationally renowned Johns Hopkins Hospital as they prepare for a possible strike in order to obtain a $15 hourly wage.
Noam Chomsky: Ecology, Ethics, Anarchism
Chomsky talks about how indigenous peoples are trying to save the world from anthropogenic climate disruption and the havoc being wrought by “really existing capitalist democracies.”
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Should GM Get the Death Penalty for 57 Cent Premeditated Murder?
Executives at General Motors have answered the age-old question of how much is a life worth. A life is worth 57 cents.
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Joseph Stiglitz | Why Inequality Matters and What Can Be Done About It
The idea that one shouldn't worry about inequality because everyone will benefit as money trickles down, has been thoroughly discredited
Economic Update: Building Worker Co-Ops
Updates on Supreme Court McCutcheon decision on campaign financing, global meaning of French municipal elections, special impacts on women of raising minimum wages, and more.
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When Capitalism Fails, a Job Should Still Be a Right
Every American should have the right to a good-paying job that lets them provide for themselves and their families.
The Economics of Immiseration, the Politics of Seduction
The economics of immiseration would be impossible without the politics of seduction.