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Minimum Wage: Who Decided Workers Should Fall Behind?
If the minimum wage had risen in step with productivity growth, it would be over $16.50 an hour today.
Obama Forgot to Share Inspiration of Ohio’s Worker-Owned Business Revolution
In his SOTU, Obama forgot to mention that Ohio is also the inspirational home for fast-growing idea that workers should become not just employees but owners of the companies …
LIBOR Scandal More Than Fraud – Whole Game Is Rigged
Costas Lapavitsas: From multimillion dollar losses by cities like Baltimore to pension fund losses and much more, the LIBOR interest rate scandal shows that such mechanisms must be taken …
How High Could the Minimum Wage Go?
A 70 percent boost - to $12.30 per hour - would help millions of workers, without killing jobs.
Lessons from Megabanks’ Megascandals
Updates on global capital's devastating moves and on the FED's huge recent expansion of the money supply.
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Private Debt – Not Government Debt – Will Destroy America
There are two kinds of debt. One thatu2019s relatively harmless. And one that can destroy us all.
Worker Owned Businesses Point to New Forms of Ownership
Can co-ops come out of the margins of the economy and be part of a larger political project to transform how things are owned?
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Do Companies Lay People off Because of Taxes or a Minimum Wage Rise?
Opponents of Obama's proposal to increase minimum wage are using job-scare to fight it.
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EU Steers Adult Ed Toward Training, Away From Learning
The EU Agenda for Adult Learning, conceived within the context of its master concept of Lifelong Learning, is all about employability and not much about
State of the Union: Do Policy Proposals Live Up to Rhetoric on Wages and Climate Change?
Gerald Epstein: Language on wages and climate change could help shift the debate, but policy proposals tied to interests of finance and private sector.