Economics
Injunction against overtime pay has real consequences for people’s lives
December 2, 2016A Texas judge’s decision to block the new overtime pay regulation is a financial blow to people who thought their lives were about to be made a little easier.
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How will capitalism end? Slowly and painfully
November 28, 2016After years of ill health, capitalism is now in critical condition. Acclaimed analyst Wolfgang Streeck argues that the world is about to change.
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Economist: Guaranteed living-wage jobs best way to address inequality
August 19, 2016Noted African-American economics professor Darrick Hamilton is proposing federally-guaranteed jobs, at living wages, for everyone.
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Reader’s correspondence: Reply to Libretti on inequality
June 29, 2016Even under socialism, doctors and lawyers will receive higher salaries than custodians, postal workers, cashiers, and fast food workers.
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Open source socialism: Harnessing innovation for progressive change
June 29, 2016The impulse for large-scale, government-led democratic socialist reforms could produce the qualitative transformation Marx counted on.
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