Why Don’t Americans Take More Vacations? Blame It on Independence Day
How businesses created Americanization Day, later Independence Day, to counter the rising labor movement.
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Race and Economic Opportunity in the United States
Data on 20 million children and their parents show how racial disparities persist across generations in the US.
Read more...Firms’ Global Market Power and Its Implications, Such as Lower Income Share to Workers
An attempt to look at the effects of the existence of international companies with market powers shows there are reasons to be concerned.
Read more...Naked Capitalism Readers Issue Scam Alert For Amazon’s “Become Our Freight Shipper” Scheme
Amazon isn’t satisfied with creating modern day sweatshops via its warehouses. It wants to suck the capital and labor of the not-so-savvy entrepreneur wannabes into its maw.
Read more...How Cynical Is the Democratic Party’s Support for Identity Politics? (Plus a Note on the Ocasio-Crowley Contest)
Another case study of Democratic Party hypocrisy.
Read more...Why Did Trump Win? Robots Are to Blame
Why robots, and not “bots,” may have been responsible for Trump’s win.
Read more...Alongside Rising Top Incomes, the Level of Living of America’s Poorest Has Fallen
As the rich in America get richer, the poorest fall further behind.
Read more...Mexican Business Elite, US Government, Brace for Likely Win by Leftist Obrador as Mexico’s President
What might a win in the July 1 presidential election by the charismatic, anti-neoliberal Andres Manuel Lopez Obrado mean for Mexico and the US?
Read more...Gaius Publius: Union-Busting by Planned Parenthood in Colorado
Planned Parenthood shows its true colors, which is loyalty to the top 10%.
Read more...Missing in Action: The Poor in America
How much of the reality of being poor remains hidden, often by design.
Read more...Why Are There So Many Unsheltered Homeless People in California?
Try guessing why San Francisco has encampments of homeless people….
Read more...Poor Peoples Campaign Protests All Over US Ignored by Media
A young anti-poverty, anti-discrimination movement, the Poor Peoples Campaign, is starting to get traction.
Read more...Who Says Labor Laws Are “Luxuries”?
The World Bank and IMF say developing economies can’t afford to have strong labor laws. Actually, they can’t afford not to.
Read more...Primaries Expose Bitter Fight in Democratic Party
The Democratic party continues to wage full scale war against progressives…..how’s that going?
Read more...Three Lessons the Labour Movement Must Learn From the Fight for 15 at Walmart
The Fight for 15 at Walmart was “surprisingly successful”. What tactics should labor organizers consider adopting?
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