Essential – and Expendable – Labor, in Mexico, for the US
How workers in Mexico are now essential—to U.S. corporations.
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Brexit and Inertia
Things have changed very little on the Brexit front, which is not good.
Read more...Indian Farmers Are Staring at Suicide as Modi Government Looks the Other Way
An account from India on farmer suicide and why many could have been prevented.
Read more...Pathbreaking Public Pension Case Mayberry v. KKR Is Back From the Dead as Kentucky Attorney General Joins Case
The unexpected resurrection of the pathbreaking pension lawsuit Mayberry v. KKR is a welcome but politically extremely puzzling development.
Read more...How Mitch McConnell’s Hostility to the Unemployment Supplement Puts Ordinary Americans’ Welfare at Risk
Republicans intend to shoot themselves and the economy in the head out of ideological rigidity by killing the unemployment supplement.
Read more...Ohio House Speaker Arrested in Alleged $60 Million Racketeering, Bribery, Money Laundering Scheme; A Window Into Politics in America
Ohio’s biggest political corruption case is a doozy, with riveting racketeering charges and lots of dirty tricks.
Read more...Boeing 737 Max Ungrounding Pushed Back Again; WSJ Sources Say Early 2021
Moar bad news for the 737 Max.
Read more...Immaculate Deception, Fed Style
The Fed knows it it is up to no good as far as ordinary citizens are concerned, witness its propaganda efforts.
Read more...Contagious Protests
Street protests propagate across borders. The results point to social media as a vehicle for contagion.
Read more...Covid-19 Economic Realities Sinking in as Denialism Wanes, Desperation Rises
Putting some ugly Covid-19 facts together.
Read more...While EU Leaders Squabble, The Elephant in the Room Remains Unnoticed
Why the EU Covid-19 rescue program is destined to be a sick joke.
Read more...There Can Be No Equality Without a Dramatic Renewal of Employment Opportunity for All American Workers
Workers, and above all black workers, lost out when unions came under attack and corporate profiteering and short-termism became the norm.
Read more...Learning to Love State Capitalism
We’re constantly told that state capitalism is back. But these narratives are far from innocent.
Read more...Misunderstanding Public Pension Fund Implications of Thole v. US Bank and Mayberry v. KKR
How some commentators are misreading two recent court cases on pensions: Thole v. US Bank and Mayberry v. KKR.
Read more...Introducing *An Economic Program for American Democracy*
A 1938 economic manifesto makes modern day schemes look inadequate and unimaginative.
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