Debt Relief or a Fourth Financial Assistance Program for Greece?
Greece continues to be broken on the rack of austerity. How far might the IMF’s insistence on reducing the pain level actually get?
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Government Austerity Demands That We Die Within Our Means
Theresa May’s plans to intensify austerity are costing her votes. About time.
Read more...The Bank Competition Myth
Why banks should not be considered to be private enterprises.
Read more...Matt Bruenig: More Job Guarantee Muddle
Why there is a lot not to like in the Center for American Progress’ job guarantee proposal.
Read more...Mr. Market Starts to Question Trump Trade Delusion
A look at the “Trump trade” pearl clutching yesterday.
Read more...Genetically Engineered Disappointments
A looked at sales talk versus results for genetically engineered crops.
Read more...Hayek and Neoclassicals Meet Information Theory and Fail
Why the left doesn’t need to engage Hayek, Friedman, and neoclassical economics but should instead argue from information theory.
Read more...Trump Reiterates Support for a New Glass-Steagall Act, But It Will it Pass Congress?
This Real News Network interview discusses where Trump and his allies stand on reviving Glass-Steagall.
Read more...The Financial Crisis That Spawned Austerity, Corporatized the Democratic Party and Gave the World Donald Trump
Why New York City’s fiscal crisis was a watershed event.
Read more...How Financialization and the “New Economy” Hurt Science and Engineering Grads
How the “new economy” devalued science and engineering degrees.
Read more...United Tinpot Tyrant Violates Contract, Abuses Customer by Cancelling Ticket for Being Videoed
United hasn’t given up its “kick the customer” service norms.
Read more...The Role of Social Security Wealth: A Head-to-Head Comparison of Germany and the US
Crunching some numbers on the value of social safety nets shows Americans are not as well off as pundits and pols would have you believe.
Read more...Falling Through the Cracks: Insecure Work and the Social Safety Net
How the redefinition of work is not just imposing costs on laborers but society via factors like stress and poor training.
Read more...Immiseration Revisited: The Four Phases of Working Time
Immiseration theory, or why employers aren’t nicer to workers even though they become less productive the longer their workday.
Read more...Globalization and the End of the Labor Aristocracy, Part 4
More on how neoliberal policies around the world have hurt labor.
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