Economics
White collar unemployment blues, take four
July 11, 2017For the fourth time in my adult life, I've been laid off. Each is intertwined with the capitalist system I was born into and cannot escape.
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City, state legislatures speak up for a sane Cuba policy
June 29, 2017Local legislatures around the country are passing resolutions to normalize U.S.-Cuba relations, and progressive activists are finding some surprising allies in the fight.
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Price-fixing and policy failure: Other factors in Venezuela’s crisis
May 25, 2017"I strongly agree with the conclusions of Jesse Jackson’s recent PW article on the crisis in Venezuela, but I think he leaves out a lot of information."
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It’s time to scrap NAFTA
May 19, 2017Donald Trump seems to think Mexicans made out like bandits from NAFTA. In reality, workers in all three NAFTA countries have suffered.
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Secret talks in Canada aim to revive Trans-Pacific Partnership
May 18, 2017Will the Trans-Pacific Partnership return from the grave? Talks aimed at reviving it have resumed in Canada.
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