Report: New Data Disproves US Corporations’ False Narrative on Taxes
A new study on corporate tax havens shows how multinational corporations avoiding U.S. taxes represents a transfer to them from workers.
Read more...Category Archives: The destruction of the middle class
Income Inequality in a Globalising World
Absolute inequality around the world has increased, challenging the purported benefit of globalization.
Read more...Backlash Against Trade Deals: The End of U.S.-Led Economic Globalisation?
Why the backlash against the overreach of US trade deals, as embodied by the TPP and TTIP, is well warranted.
Read more...Negative Effects of Immigration on the Economy
Working through explanations as to why US immigration has been negatively correlated with growth.
Read more...Academic Penury: Adjunct Faculty as the New Precariat
The perilous status of adjuncts, who serve as contingent faculty.
Read more...Michael Hudson: Celebrating the One Percent – Is Inequality Really Good for the Economy?
The backlash has begun. Prominent economists are upping their game in trying to depict the gains of the One Percent as virtuous and beneficial.
Read more...How the SEC Enabled the Gross Under-Reporing of CEO Pay
Why CEOs are even more grotesquely paid than you thought.
Read more...Wolf Richter: That 5.2% Jump in Household Income? Nope, People Aren’t Suddenly Getting Big-Fat Paychecks
The much-ballyhood 5.2% gain in household income doesn’t square with other data….and the details aren’t as pretty as the headline either.
Read more...Bill Moyers: We, the Plutocrats vs. We, the People: Saving the Soul of Democracy
National treasure Bill Moyers describes the rise of inequality and America’s descent into plutocracy, reflecting wisdom acquired over six decades of thinking and writing about American politics.
Read more...There’s a Lot to Celebrate This Labor Day: The Summer Has Been Filled with Victories for Workers
A round-up of victories for labor in the last year.
Read more...Two Modest Proposals to Improve the Wages and Working Conditions of Contingent Academic Labor
I hope these proposals are accepted in the spirit with which they are given.
Read more...Credentialism and Corruption: Vile College Administrators Edition
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Read more...Credentialism and Corruption: Vile College Presidents Edition
Corruption at NYU, Baylor, and Penn State.
Read more...Trickle Down Election Economics: How Big Money Can Affect Small Races
Billionaires are targeting key state races.
Read more...How Abusive Employers Combined With Job Insecurity Lead to Suicides
Labor activists charge that pressure-cooker jobs and employer abuse are leading to more work-related suicides. But how can companies by held to account?
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