There’s a Lot to Celebrate This Labor Day: The Summer Has Been Filled with Victories for Workers
A round-up of victories for labor in the last year.
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What India Can Teach the US About Free and Fair Elections
US elections suffer from suppressed voter turnout and are prone to manipulation. India shows that electoral systems can be freer and fairer.
Read more...Military Insiders and War Profiteers Will Be Reviewing Private Prisons for Homeland Security
Jerri-Lynn here. The Department of Justice received considerable plaudits in August when it announced a decision not to renew contracts with private prison companies. At the time, a Marshall Project analysis made it clear that significance of that decision was overstated, as it only affected about 15% of inmates held in private prisons. The Department […]
Read more...Two Modest Proposals to Improve the Wages and Working Conditions of Contingent Academic Labor
I hope these proposals are accepted in the spirit with which they are given.
Read more...How Veterans are Victims of Big Pharma
Yves here. While this post makes an important point about the degree to which veterans are targets for opioid marketing, as well as the creation of a large and multiheaded “pain lobby” to promote the idea that pain was undertreated (which may have been true, but not to the degree suggested). However, the article also […]
Read more...Credentialism and Corruption: Vile College Administrators Edition
Welcome to Neoliberal U!
Read more...The Real Scandal of Clinton’s Emails: Conducting Foreign Policy In Secret
A revealing effort to acknowledge that the Clintons are corrupt but contend that it doesn’t matter much because the system is rotten.
Read more...Bill Black: Why Whistleblowers’ Disclosures Need Protection Under the Law
Big companies work hard at silencing whistleblowers. Here are some ways to keep them from shutting whistleblowers down.
Read more...How Abusive Employers Combined With Job Insecurity Lead to Suicides
Labor activists charge that pressure-cooker jobs and employer abuse are leading to more work-related suicides. But how can companies by held to account?
Read more...Gaius Publius: “You Broke It, You Bought It” – A Sanders Activist Challenges Clinton Supporters
Clinton’s hard move to the right is causing some consternation among bona fide progressives. But what will they do about it?
Read more...Care Work as the Work of the Future
Economists despair about the impact of technology on jobs. They underestimate the need for care work, as in services for the young and aged.
Read more...How WalMart Makes You Pay for Its (Lack of) Policing
Yet another WalMart scam….
Read more...The Elite “Let Them Eat Education” Fallacy
Debunking the idea that better education is an adequate remedy for inequality and high unemployment.
Read more...Bill Black: Thomas Friedman Wants A “Center-Left” Democratic Party Based on Austrian Economic Myths
Thomas Friedman has managed to outdo himself on the downside.
Read more...Emergy (with an “m”) and Environmental Accounting for Maine’s Landfill
Policy implementing the Maine Solid Waste hierarchy should be justified using emergy as the unit of account, and not dollars.
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