Economics – Page 7 – People's World

Public money, private profits: D.C. mayor cuts deal subsidizing RFK stadium for NFL

May 30, 2025 By Damion Dixon

For $6.1 billion, D.C. residents could get more gentrification and displacement, with no guarantee of good jobs or community development.

UNCONSTITUTIONAL: Trade court throws out Trump’s across-the-board tariffs

May 29, 2025 By Mark Gruenberg

Judges slam Trump emergency claim: “Mere incantation of ‘national emergency’ cannot sound the death-knell of the Constitution.”

Libertarian hopes Bitcoin would ‘fix the world’ dashed in Las Vegas

May 29, 2025 By Taryn Fivek

At Bitcoin 2025, the crowds are small and anything but enthusiastic as greedy MAGA people take over.

A fighting union’s path to renewal: The UE story

May 23, 2025 By Chris Townsend

As manufacturing declined, so did the UE. Revival came, however, from the most unexpected quarters.

Israel further strangles Palestine by replacing its workers with imported labor

May 22, 2025 By J.E. Rosenberg

For years, Palestinians were Israeli corporations’ biggest source of exploitable labor. Now wanting to deny workers in the West Bank and Gaza any income, the state is bringing in migrant workers.