Economics
Trump didn’t make Youngstown great again; workers there are noticing
October 1, 2018Two years ago, Youngstown was described “crossover ground zero” for Donald Trump and the politics of resentment in working-class communities. Is Trump fever breaking?
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GOP degrades women and workers, Illinois Gov. Rauner says “Me too”
September 28, 2018How we value the work people do in economic terms bears direct correlation to how we value people in social and political terms.
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Correcting the record on China and Africa
September 28, 2018Ever since Xi Jinping announced the Belt and Road Initiative, there has been a campaign to paint it as a scheme to trap developing countries in China’s web.
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¿Muestra la crisis venezolana que el socialismo no funciona?
August 31, 2018Hay una gran cantidad de voces en los medios de comunicación que hablan sobre la crisis de hiperinflación en Venezuela y no para mostrar el sufrimiento de millones de venezolanos, sino para atacar la política de...
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Even Nixon funded jobs programs, why can’t we do it today?
August 28, 2018Pundits are optimistic that struggling young people will be able to get jobs. What’s less clear is whether those jobs will pay living wages.
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