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Lawrence Mishel on Raising America’s Pay
Lawrence Mishel, president of the Economic Policy Institute, delivered the following testimony before the Democra
New Book by Richard D. Wolff: Capitalism's Crisis Deepens – Essays on the Global Economic Meltdown
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Overworked America: The economic causes and consequences of long work hours
by Heather Boushey & Bridget Ansel Hard work is part and parcel of the American Dream, but at a certain point, workin
Trump, Racism, and the Future of the Left
By Paddy Quick Trump’s success in becoming the presumptive Republican nominee for president is indeed a shocking indi
Richard D. Wolff on US Economy from a Marxist Perspective
Wolff analyzes the state of the US economy from a Marxist perspective. Capitalism yields an unequal distribution of we
Student Fossil Fuel Divestment Movement Springs into Action
The fossil fuel divestment movement continued its momentum this week as students across the U.S. highlighted the need
Democracy Spring protests at the U.S Capitol
Thousands of demonstrators, as part of the social justice organization Democracy Spring, have been staging a mass sit
Matias Vernengo on the Panama Papers
See here: Matias Vernengo on the Panama Papers – Note: The functionality of payola is endemic to capitalism, due
A Short Account of the Rise of Neoliberalism
By David M. Fields Between roughly the early 1940’s and early 1970’s, the financial architecture of the w
New PERI Paper by Robert Pollin et. al: The Revenue Potential of a Financial Transaction Tax for U.S. Financial Markets
By Robert Pollin, James Heintz, & Thomas Herndon From the abstract: This paper estimates the revenue potential of
