Truthout
Economy
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What’s the Role of Race in the New Economy Movement?
For the movement to succeed, it must be led by the dispossessed - those for whom the mainstream economy has never worked.
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Paul Krugman | Saving the Planet Won’t Kill the Economy
What we actually need is a change in the form of growth - and that's exactly the kind of thing markets are good at, if you get the prices …
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.
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Doing for the Poor and Doing to the Poor
When the overall unemployment rate goes up, the rate for the less-educated and minorities rises even more.
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The Many Pipelines That Pump Up Our Wealth
Apologists for our current economic order blame wage stagnation on technological change - or workers themselves.
Black Co-ops Were a Method of Economic Survival
Jessica Gordon Nembhard discusses economic alternatives, cooperation and solidarity.
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Does Feminism Have a Class Problem?
There is little reason to have faith that Sheryl Sandberg-style “trickle-down” feminism will benefit the masses any more than its economic equivalent has.
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 …
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What Happens When the Tea Party Goes to Washington
Dave Brat wants to bring libertarian economics to the US, and double-down on 34 miserable years of Reaganomics.
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.