Economics
Data confirms what we already knew: Pandemic hit people of color harder
March 12, 2021“I think what we’re going to see once the dust settles is that the racial wealth gap has actually increased.”
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Cuba’s reforms raise public sector salaries, broaden self-employment options
March 12, 2021One of the most positive effects of the new regulations is the desire of many Cubans to work in registered jobs in the public sector. But there have also been price rises that have to be...
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Neoliberalism’s in trouble: A Marxist look at the American Rescue Act
March 11, 2021Without the insights of class analysis, many in the bourgeois press are missing a key reality: Class struggle from below is changing everything.
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American Rescue Act: Government of, by, and for the people
March 9, 2021Biden’s $1.9 trillion package, about to become law, breathes life into the idea that government can be a good and necessary thing.
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Avalanche of progressive legislation on the move in the House
March 9, 2021Worker rights. The right to vote. Free and open elections. Controls on who can buy guns. And of course, the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Act.
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