Tag: economy
Where is Marley’s ghost… When we really need him?
The overwhelming preponderance of dead-end box store jobs and part-time positions offering little or no benefits is what we have become in this so-called modern era.
Incentive for terrorism: America has taken nearly 70% of the world’s...
Young lives are put at risk to ensure that a few thousand American households are free to take most of the wealth.
The Republican tax bill is a poison pill that kills the...
Today’s Republicans would have fit right into Herbert Hoover’s administration.
The man in the bathtub, December 1, 1940
The 1930s were a rough time for all who labored.... Or sought work.
How to stop a tax plan rigged for the rich
Could a defeat of the GOP tax plans of 2017 signal a similar new egalitarian upsurge? Maybe. But first we have to deliver that defeat.
Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos and Warren Buffett own more wealth than...
IPS's Chuck Collins and Josh Hoxie know it is not a “natural phenomenon” how the rich got rich at the expense of the rest of the population.
The rising Chinese dream
The 21st century might very well be defined by the ascendant Chinese dream.
The public bank option – safer, local and half the cost
Public sector banks have shown that they are actually more profitable, safer, less corrupt, and more accountable overall than private banks.
2 or 3 things I know about Capitalism (with apologies to...
We either struggle and strive, by and any and all means, to end the system -- or it will end us.
In CNN’s tax debate, Bernie Sanders showed how Democrats can win...
By offering a bold vision of policies to help working families, Sanders voiced a popular alternative to Ted Cruz and the GOP’s barbarism.
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Not very bright
How much of Donald Trump’s directive on U.S. tariffs imposed on nations all over the world—that in recent days has caused a stock market loss of trillions of dollars—is a result of his not being very bright?
Patriotic Millionaires challenge oligarch power with sweeping economic plan
As economic inequality worsens and public frustration grows, a coalition of wealthy Americans offers a radical legislative blueprint to dismantle the grip of the ultra-rich on democracy.
Chevron ordered to pay $744 million for decades of destruction to Louisiana’s coastal wetlands
A Louisiana jury’s landmark verdict against Chevron signals a major shift in holding Big Oil accountable for environmental degradation and decades of ignored coastal restoration laws.
Over 4,000 factory workers laid off as Trump tariffs spark economic chaos
A wave of mass layoffs across the U.S. exposes the real cost of Trump’s trade war, as union leaders and lawmakers warn of deepening instability in American manufacturing.
Israeli soldiers expose ‘kill zone’ campaign in Gaza, citing war crimes and systematic devastation
A new report from Breaking the Silence reveals shocking testimony from Israeli troops describing the creation of a lethal buffer zone inside Gaza, the deliberate razing of civilian infrastructure, and the normalization of killing civilians.