Why Does Teen Vogue Need a Labor Column?
Why indeed? Labor issues are certainly as important to the interests of its readers as are many – if not most – of the issues Teen Vogue regularly covers.
Read more...Category Archives: The destruction of the middle class
R.I.P. Immanuel Wallerstein, Sociologist and “World Systems” Theorist
Immanuel Wallerstein on China, Brazil, racism, and the future.
Read more...CEO Compensation Increased 940% Between 1978 and 2018, Workers’ Only by 12%
An Economic Policy Institute study shows that the dramatic increase in CEO compensation has a large impact on increasing inequality. Absent the explosive rise in CEO compensation, worker pay could have doubled.
Read more...My First Real Jobs
Shelving books and mowing lawns.
Read more...Bill Black: Is it Cynical to Believe the System is Corrupt?
Bill Black presents evidence the system is corrupt and rigged against ordinary people – a sentiment with which a new poll shows many agree.
Read more...Judge Issues $572 Million Verdict Against J & J in Oklahoma Opioids Trial: Settlements to Follow?
Judge issues $572 million verdict in J&J opioids trial. Some settlements of multiple pending lawsuits will likely follow.
Read more...Wolf Richter: World Trade Skids for First Time Since Financial Crisis
Exports by China, Japan, and Eurozone under pressure — in part because of globally weak demand for new vehicles, which transcends the trade war.
Read more...Trump’s China Trade War Gaslighting: Will There Evah Be a Deal?
Why the US and China are likely to remain at loggerheads.
Read more...Italy’s Right-Wing Government Collapses – Will the Next One Be Better?
The odd marriage of Lega Nord and Five Star held up longer than expected, but Italy is about to get a new government. How might that work out?
Read more...The Fed Thinks the US Economy Is Fine. Do You?
Seeking reader input on the health of their economy.
Read more...Trump Never Had a Grand Strategy for China: They Were Just Tariff Tantrums
Trump’s tariff strategy is obviously incoherent, but other approaches like anti-trust to improve the US trade’s position are sorely wanting.
Read more...Is the So-Called “Manufacturing Renaissance” a Mirage?
38 manufacturing industries continue to decline and nine of 10 of these industries are the critical industries that are fundamental to the manufacturing process
Read more...A New Assessment of the Role of Offshoring in the Decline in US Manufacturing Employment
Offshoring killed American manufacturing jobs.
Read more...Life, Deferred: Student Debt Postpones Key Milestones for Millions of Americans
The student debt crisis has produced a decline in homeownership, marriage, and childbearing rates among the young.
Read more...No, Productivity Does Not Explain Income
Why a widely-held view about productivity that is foundational to the claim that people are paid what they deserve does not hold up to scrutiny.
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