Missing in Action: The Poor in America
How much of the reality of being poor remains hidden, often by design.
Read more...Category Archives: The destruction of the middle class
Italy Holds A Mirror to a Broken Europe
The election of a right-wing, populist government in Italy exposes the economic and democratic shortcomings of the European project and its nationalist rivals.
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...The Roots of Argentina’s Surprise Crisis
How reforms by Argentina’s President Macri helped kick off a currency crisis.
Read more...Bill Black: Democrats Should Reject Bernanke’s ‘Wily E. Coyote’ Criticism of Trump’s Deficits
Bernanke engages in a new episode of ideologically motivated economic prognostication.
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...Italy Bars Landing of Ship With 629 Migrants as Finance Minister Takes Euro Exit, Parallel Currency Off Table
Why the self-styled reformist government in Italy is already looking like a paper tiger.
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?
Read more...New CDC Study Shows Large Increase in Suicides Since 1999
Rising suicides provide more evidence that all is not well in America.
Read more...Italy’s New Prime Minister Conte Says Euro Exit Off the Table, But Mr. Market Pouts About Spending Talk
Italy’s new government makes some opening moves.
Read more...Wall Street Journal: Why Bashing Chinese Steel Dumping Results in Bashing Allies
Why combatting Chinese steel dumping is harder than it seems.
Read more...Private Equity Kills Toys R Us, Workers Get No Severance
Toys R Us stores will shutter this month: private equity firms killed the company, and its workers are left with no severance.
Read more...More Evidence of Increasing Deflationary Pressure on Wages
Bosses on wages: “No more raises for you!”
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