Economics – Page 58 – People's World

For 26th time, UN vote calls for end to U.S. blockade of Cuba

November 2, 2017 By W. T. Whitney Jr.

Last year, the U.S. abstained. The switch this year back to a “No” vote reflects a resurgent offensive against Cuba by the Trump administration.

What REAL tax reform—for working people—could look like

November 2, 2017 By Olivia Alperstein

The Republican plan isn’t tax reform—it’s a rip-off scheme.

Not one penny for billionaires, says coalition against GOP tax cuts

November 2, 2017 By Mark Gruenberg

Eighty percent of the tax cuts in the Republican plan would go to the richest 1 percent of the country.

International trade unionists hunt solutions for downsides of “free trade”

November 1, 2017 By Mark Gruenberg

“Free trade has been accompanied by economic and social chaos,” says Noureddine Taboubi, a union leader from Tunisia.

Karl Marx makes a comeback

September 14, 2017 By Kathy M. Newman

Over the last decade, Marx has also made a comeback as a serious intellectual figure. In the fall of 2008, as the global financial crisis was starting to be felt and understood, The Guardian reported on...