Economics
It’s not just inflation — it’s price gouging
March 14, 2022Biden's calling it the "Putin price increase," but corporations were already hiking prices and raking in record profits before the war started.
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Piketty says it’s ‘Time for Socialism,’ but has no time for class struggle
January 10, 2022There is no mention of class or strategy in Piketty’s Time for Socialism. There is no mention of enforcing “peaceful co-existence” in his version of internationalism. Imperialism is no longer worth mentioning, even in the midst of...
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At 75 years old, neoliberalism has lived long enough
January 7, 2022With socialism and social democracy on the rise in the postwar years, the ideologues of the capitalist class dusted off “free market economics” and made it new again.
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With latest Five-Year Plan, China takes bold step into 2022—and beyond
December 29, 2021All the GDP growth in the world won’t matter, the government says, if people aren’t living happier, healthier, longer, and more dignified lives.
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‘Build Back Better will worsen inflation’: Another lie about the Biden agenda
November 16, 2021Polls say Americans should love the Build Back Better Act—but most are only hearing talking points about its price tag.
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