Truthout
Economy
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Pace of Job Growth Slows Further in August
The EPOP for college grads has fallen by 0.6 percentage points over the last year.
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Anti-Union, Low-Wage States Spend More On “Safety-Net” Help
Right-to-work laws not only sap government revenue in the form of reduced tax receipts, but they also increase government spending in outlays for food stamps and the earned income …
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Economic Terrorism by Paid Goons
It's time to bring back card-check, and rebuild the American economy, one union at a time.
Economic Update: Big Changes Coming
This episode covers food insecurity, oil disaster economics, politicos going to Wall Street, billionaires buying homes, education in the UK and how the US sustains elites.
David Cay Johnston on the Pillaging of the Public Treasury
David Cay Johnston says to ordinary Americans: "You elected these people, you chose these people who are destroying your families, destroying your life, who are making the lives of …
Even the Council on Foreign Relations Is Saying It: Time to Rain Money on Main Street
The economy continues to teeter on the edge of deflation. The Fed needs to pump up the money supply and stimulate demand in some other way.
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When Four Jobs Aren’t Enough: Why We Need a Living Wage
No person should die because they were too exhausted to leave the car after working multiple shifts just to make ends meet.
Making a Living on a Living Planet
On Labor Day 1940, American workers faced the aftermath of the Great Depression, with mass unemployment persisting and a divided labor movement facing a renewed counterattack from corporate America.
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Boosting Resilience in the Caribbean Countries
The upcoming UN Conference on Small Island Developing States in Samoa will provide an important opportunity to increase international cooperation and knowledge sharing between and within regions.
Economic Update: Corporate Economics
This episode covers Burger King, French socialism, cell phone overcharging, Bank of America's fine, and more.