News | Economy & Labor Poll Shows Confronting Corporate Greed Is Biden’s Best Anti-Inflation Message Voters are particularly responsive to messaging that connects price hikes to profiteering by big business. By Jake Johnson , CommonDreams June 14, 2022 Truthout
News | Economy & Labor Sanders Wants to Up Social Security Benefit by $2,400 a Year by Taxing the Rich “Our job is to expand Social Security so that everyone in America can retire” with dignity, Sanders said. By Sharon Zhang , Truthout June 10, 2022 Truthout
News | Economy & Labor Unemployment Due to Voluntary Quits Falls in May Amid Strong Job Growth The May jobs report shows clear evidence the labor market is normalizing, with wage growth continuing to slow. By Dean Baker , CenterforEconomicandPolicyResearch June 3, 2022 Truthout
Op-Ed | Prisons & Policing In Debates Over Prison Closures, Don’t Prioritize “Economic Impact” Over Lives Towns that rely on a system that criminalizes and cages human beings need to rethink how their economies are organized. By Duane Palm & Timothy Peoples , Truthout May 26, 2022 Truthout
News | Economy & Labor Labor Force Participation Continues Toward Pre-Pandemic Levels While the economy added 428,000 jobs in April, however, overall wage growth showed signs of slowing last month. By Hayley Brown , CenterforEconomicandPolicyResearch May 6, 2022 Truthout
Op-Ed | Politics & Elections Don’t Forget Trump Got 74 Million Votes in 2020. The Reelection Threat Is Real. Don't discount the possibility of a Republican House, Senate and presidency come 2024. We must pay attention. By William Rivers Pitt , Truthout April 20, 2022 Truthout
News | Economy & Labor Majority of Corporations Don’t Pay State Income Taxes in at Least 7 States Between 60 and 90 percent of corporations in seven states paid zero state corporate income taxes between 2015 and 2019. By Sharon Zhang , Truthout April 15, 2022 Truthout
News | Economy & Labor March Employment Growth Closes in on Pre-Pandemic Levels While job growth remains strong, wage growth may be slowing. By Dean Baker , CenterforEconomicandPolicyResearch April 1, 2022 Truthout
Interview | Economy & Labor We Need an Economy Without Bosses and Managers. Participatory Economics Is How. Author Michael Albert describes what a post-capitalist economy where workers run productive facilities could look like. By C.J. Polychroniou , Truthout March 21, 2022 Truthout
News | Economy & Labor February Job Growth Strong as Private-Sector Hours Return to Pre-Pandemic Levels The unemployment rate fell to 3.8 percent, with disadvantaged groups seeing the largest gains. By Dean Baker , CenterforEconomicandPolicyResearch March 4, 2022 Truthout