economy – Page 134 – People's World

“Odd couple” backs BUILD Act for jobs

March 31, 2011 By Tim Wheeler

The leaders of the AFL-CIO and the Chamber of Commerce have teamed up to push a law that would create millions of well-paid jobs.

A modest essay on extraordinary paychecks

March 31, 2011 By Bartlett Naylor

Every fourteen minutes in 2009, hedge fund manager David Tepper made President Obama's annual salary.

Mergers harm democracy

March 29, 2011 By PW Editorial Board

AT&T announced its intentions to buy T-Mobile. What is to be expected from such a mega-merger?

Calif. Republicans list 53 demands, no solutions

March 29, 2011 By Marilyn Bechtel

California's Republican legislative minority, in response to the state budget, are trying to ram through an agenda that does not reflect that there is a Democratic governor and Democratic majority in the state legislature.

British workers stage massive protest against cuts

March 28, 2011 By John Millington

On the streets of London on Saturday three-quarters of a million people staged the biggest protest yet in the fightback against the Tory-led coalition's brutal cuts program.