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Pathologizing the Poor Reinforces Stigma While Deterring Advocacy and Public Policy
The poor don't rate a mention in our public consciousness or political campaigns because we are inconvenient and pathologized.
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The Trade Deficit and the Weak Job Market
The key to getting to full employment is reducing the trade deficit.
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Job Growth Picks Up in May
Health care employment has been rising rapidly in the last two months.
The Federal Reserve Board’s Payroll Tax on Our Children
The Fed's tax hikes are far more costly to ordinary workers than any conceivable tax increase.
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Corporate Welfare Fails to Deliver the Jobs: The Sad Case of Start-Up NY
Many state and local government officials have such a limited, business-oriented mentality that they cannot imagine an alternative to corporate welfare.
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Rising Trade Deficit Slows Job Growth in Manufacturing
The Labor Department reported the economy created 223,000 jobs in April.
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The Rise of the Machines: It’s Happening
The idea that income inequality can be fixed by education is wrong.
Now Is the Time for the Progressive Movement to Win
Salvatore Babones discusses 16 ideas for furthering the progressive agenda in the US.
Green Energy Job Growth Outpaces Losses in Coal Industry
Far more jobs have been created in wind and solar in recent years than lost in the collapse of the coal industry.
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Pushing Left: A 16-Priority Agenda for the 2016 US Presidential Election
Here's what sociologist Salvatore Babones suggests 2016 presidential contenders campaign about.