Economics
Party like it’s 1999: Incomes finally break pre-millennium peak
September 13, 2017In a stark reminder of the damage done by the Great Recession, the median American household only last year finally earned more than it did in 1999.
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61 percent of Americans give thumbs-up to unions
September 11, 2017The number of people who view unions favorably is on the rise, but so is the number of people who think the labor movement will become weaker.
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Platform capitalists: The new would-be rulers of the world
August 30, 2017The platform capitalists pose as a group of high-tech saviors making the world a better place. What they are really doing is becoming data monopolies.
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Trump is becoming a liability for capitalism
August 18, 2017Among the titans of American business, the military brass, and the political establishment, Trump’s stock is falling fast.
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On behalf of the wageless
July 31, 2017The coin of capitalism seems to only have two sides, neither of which can address human problems.
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