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Could Democrats Be Rebranded As the “Anti-Social Security Party?“
As Obama attempts to cut social security, it may be time to for the Democratic Party to rethink their political ethics.
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We’re All Women Workers Now: How the Floor of the Economy Has Dropped for Everyone
The jobs currently held by all workers are beginning to look more like stereotypical u201cwomenu2019s work.u201d
Will a Higher Minimum Wage Cost Jobs?
Bob Pollin on the theory that a higher minimum wage will reduce jobs available to young people entering the work force and won't reduce poverty.
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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.
Financialization and Unemployment
Whether the power of finance can be brought under more control becomes one of the significant issues, together with other structural and political causes of unemployment under capitalism, when …
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Solve the Real Problems – Poverty Retirement and Health Insecurity – and the Economy Will Recover
Imagine the impact on the economy of 55 million seniors receiving an additional $1,200 each month.
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The Case Against Billionaires
Itu2019s time to start funneling the riches produced by the American economy to the real job creators: working class people who are spending money.
Most New Jobs Don’t Require College Education
Jeannette Wicks-Lim: The possibility of educating one's way out of poverty is getting dim as most new jobs only require a high school education.
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Why We Should Stop Obsessing About the Federal Budget Deficit
I wish President Obama and the Democrats would explain to the nation that the federal budget deficit isnu2019t the nationu2019s major economic problem and deficit reduction shouldnu2019t be our …
Economists’ Statement on Jobs
We are economists who think that the economy should serve people, the planet and the future.