What Exactly Does Mexico Export to the US?
By J.W Mason, One of the many ways conventional economic theory hinders our discussions of trade is it gets us thinking
Dean Baker: Is Globalization to Blame?
By Dean Baker While we cannot accept the racism and misogyny on which Donald Trump’s electoral victory fed, we must reco
EPI: 13 charts that show difference between US economy we have now and what it could be
The election of Donald Trump alerted many to what should have been obvious long ago: the U.S. economy has failed to deliv
Gary Leupp on the Revival of the Working-Class Concept: Trump, Class Struggle and the (Somewhat Overstated) Specter of Fascism
By Gary Leupp, Crossed-posted from CounterPunch The polarization in the country following the Trump electoral victo
The United States of Inequality
From World Socialist Web Site Earlier this month, economists Thomas Piketty, Emmanuel Saez and Gabriel Zucman, leadi
Trump and National Neoliberalism
by Sasha Breger Bush, Trump’s election represents a triumph of neoliberal thinking and values. Perhaps most importan
EPI: A Social Democratic Public Investment Agenda for the USA
By Josh Bivens and Hunter Blair A welcome theme in the 2016 presidential election was a commitment to increasing public
Frank Ackerman on How to Keep US Climate Promises
From Dollars&Sense: In January, Donald Trump will endorse climate denial, renouncing the Clean Power Plan and cl
The U.S. Working Class Has a Radical History
Sharon Smith, Haymarket Books author of Subterranean Fire: A History of Working-Class Radicalism in the United State
EPI: Union decline lowers wages of nonunion US workers
Executive summary: Pay for private-sector workers has barely budged over the past three and a half decades. In fact, fo
Pavlina R. Tcherneva on the economic consequences of Donald Trump
By Pavlina R. Tcherneva, A lot has been said already. For me, this was the culmination of a decades-long process where th
Trump's victory represents the fulfillment of neoliberalism, not its failure | John Weeks
US Election 2016: The Morning After
We now know which member of the US ruling class is going to rule over America (and the world) over the next 4 years. It is a ri
New Working Paper by Nancy Folbre: Just Deserts? Earnings Inequality and Bargaining Power in the U.S. Economy
From the abstract: Harvard economist Gregory Mankiw defends the high earnings of the top one percent in the U.S. with a t
TANF didn’t fight poverty, full employment did
By Virginia Rutter Welfare reform hits 20 this month. The Center for Economic and Policy Research has done much work exa
Maintaining poverty through restrictive voter registration laws
Barriers to entry, typically established and enforced by the legal system for the benefit of those that control the pol
Scott Carter: U.S. Constitution 101, a refresher
The U.S. Constitution has recently become a hot-button issue in the presidential campaign, and the educator in me thin
Mark Klinedinst on Southern Company’s “Clean Coal” Plant in Mississippi
Mark Klinedinst has written a piece on the big fight against one of the largest utilities in the country, the Southern Co
In Historic NLRB Ruling, Temps Win the Right To Join Unions
A new ruling will enable temporary and permanent employees to come together to negotiate with their bosses in mixed b
A Message to CUNY Adjuncts, Part-timers and other Exploited Faculty on the Occasion of the Proposed Contract
By Andy Battle Dear Adjuncts, Part-timers and other Exploited Faculty: I write to you because we are in a special time. Y