The Numbers Are In, and Trump’s Tax Cuts Are a Bust
Why Trump’s tax “reforms” didn’t deliver on growth, just on rentierism.
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The ‘New Right’ Is Not a Reaction to Neoliberalism, but Its Offspring
Why the success of the far right shows that neoliberalism is very much alive and well.
Read more...Why Social Mobility Is a Lousy Idea
Recognizing social mobility as yet another “divide and conquer” strategy.
Read more...How NGOs in Rich Countries Control their Counterparts in Poor Countries..and Why they Refuse to Resolve it
Many NGOs around the world are fighting inequality between the rich and the poor, but the bigger NGOs are unwilling to fight policies that keep rich NGOs richer.
Read more...Will Democratic Party Superdelegates Prevent a Progressive Nominee in 2020?
This Real News Network interview discusses the threat of superdelegates intervening in the 2020 Democratic party convention.
Read more...Is There a Global Future for Unions?
A personal retrospective on the forces driving the rise and decline (and hopeful revival) of unions.
Read more...A Way Out from Rock Bottom: Economic Policies Can Reduce Deaths of Despair
Looking at how specific income-boosting policies reduce deaths.
Read more...It Is Time To Start Forgiving Student Loans – And Here Is What It Will Cost
A far-ranging plan for cleaning up the student loan mess.
Read more...Martin Wolf v. Trumponomics Whiffs Due to Fealty to Orthodoxy
The Financial Times’ Martin Wolf has a go at Donald Trump, but manages to score an own goal as far as his profession is concerned.
Read more...Should We Tax Wealth?
Kicking the tires of a wealth tax.
Read more...U.N. Report: ‘Human Rights Might Not Survive’ Climate Crisis
Not surprisingly, the poor, particularly in developing countries, will be devastated by climate change.
Read more...Mobility and the Desire for Sovereignity in Europe
Lack of geographic mobiliity is a major culprit in the rise of nationalism.
Read more...Charter Schools Unleashed “Educational Hunger Games” in California. Now It’s Fighting Back.
Andrea Gabor, author of “After the Education Wars,” discusses how California is pushing back on millionaire-driven charter schools. Will the rest of the America follow?
Read more...Takers and Makers: Who Are the Real Value Creators?
Why stories from “value creators” should be taken with a fistful of salt.
Read more...How Media Workers are Organizing in the Dual Economy
With journalism moving from a stable to a precarious profession, digital media workers have gotten serious about organizing.
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