Union ‘Effects’ on Hourly and Weekly Wages: A Half-Century Perspective
Even with union power diminished, union members still benefit from higher weekly pay than non-members.
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Freeports Are Dangerous
Rishi Sunak is still flogging his failed freeports initiative as a success. If they were to take off, the winners would be dodgy operators.
Read more...A National Cartel Fixing Rental Housing Prices: The Scandal Continues to Grow
The company at the heart of the rapacious conspiracy finally makes a statement following FBI raid in Atlanta and increasingly incriminating and devastating details.
Read more...Affordable Home Ownership Can Lead to Stronger Marital Relationships and Higher Birthrates
Quelle surprise! High home purchase costs are denting household formation and thus birthrates. But will policymakers do anything?
Read more...Project 2025: The US Far-Right Plan to Undermine Democracy and Rights Globally
The Heritage Project 2025 plan is a program for the next president to roll back rights in US and abroad – including draft policies
Read more...Musk and Tesla: Compensation or Control?
The Elon Musk $48 Billion stock-option package and its implications for the EV transition
Read more...Bird Flu and Biomedicine, An Essay on What We Might Expect
Bird flu as a case study in the category error of libertarian medicine, the misuse of preprints, and resulting poor public health policy.
Read more...Land Grabs Squeeze Rural Poor Worldwide
Under the radar, investment funds have been buying farm land in poor countries, leading to substantial price rises.
Read more...Michael Hudson: US Cryptocurrency as an Offshore Banking Center
Yet another cryptocurrency scheme, here for its major use case, tax evasion. But for a good cause, the US dollar!
Read more...Corporate Landlords’ Profits Soar as Tenants Drown in Rent Hikes and Fees
Cheerleading about a flat CPI ignores the housing, with tenants generally and the ones with corporate landlords not getting relief
Read more...Biden Plan to Save Medicare Patients Money on Drugs Risks Empty Shelves, Pharmacists Say
The Biden plan to squeeze the Medicare drug pricing balloon has merely led it to bulge out in a different place.
Read more...Black Sea Port Becomes Geopolitical Battleground Between China and the EU
Western handwringing over China building a port a little too close to Europe’s backyard.
Read more...In Virginia, Data Centers Collide with Zero-Carbon Goals
With electric demand from data centers skyrocketing, the state considers how to meet its goal of decarbonizing the grid.
Read more...Mount Sinai Eye & Ear Nurses Rally for Layoff Plan as Beth Israel Shutdown Looms
New York City’s Mount Sinai is trying to shutter acquired Beth Israel and its own respected eye and ear facility despite state opposition
Read more...The Chronic Crisis of American Democracy: A Review
A cogent discussion of the complex, accelerating legitimacy crisis masked by bleats about “defending our democracy”
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