Opinion – Page 835 – People's World

Bleeding communities dry: How local government aid cuts are hurting rural Minnesota

March 26, 2009

Original source: No group of Minnesotans are more qualified to comment on the challenges of delivering public services during a period of diminishing resources than our state’s city mayors. Minnesota 2020, in partnership with the Coalition...

The presidents bad joke and the GOPs backwardness

March 25, 2009 By Lawrence Albright

The hallowed halls of political power in Washington, DC are known for a great many things. But if we’re being entirely candid, humor is not among them. This is not to say that the inhabitants of...

Geithner’s latest bank rescue plan: When Wall Street cheers people should worry

March 25, 2009

Secretary of the Treasury Timothy Geithner unveiled March 23 the latest and most expansive bank rescue plan to date since the global financial crisis began to deepen in August 2007. Billed as a 'public-private partnership' to...

A 12-point program to combat the economic crisis

March 24, 2009 By Sam Webb

Because of the election of Barack Obama, the American people in their great majority have a leg up, but there is still a long way to go. To his credit, the new president is off to...

We must incriminate the basic rules of capitalism: An interview with Paul Boccara

March 22, 2009 By l’Humanite

Communist economist Paul Boccara has just published a book about the transformations and the crisis of global capitalism, in which he deals with the financial crisis, among other topics. Paul Boccara puts forward proposals to initiate...