Art Perlo

Art Perlo lived in New Haven, Conn., where he was active in labor and community struggles. He did research and writing on economic issues in Connecticut, including work with the Coalition to End Child Poverty in Connecticut which helped pave the way for the movement for progressive tax reform in the state. He wrote on national economic issues for the People's World and was a member of the CPUSA Economic Commission.

LATEST ARTICLES BY Art Perlo

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Jobs mission accomplished?
May 14, 2004 By Art Perlo
As soon as President Bush heard the latest employment report, he headed out to Andrews Air Force Base, stopping only to pick up his flight suit at the dry cleaner’s.
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Labor

Getting paid for overtime
April 30, 2004 By Art Perlo
After 30 years, I still remember my rage and frustration. I was cleaning up after a hot, hard eight-hour shift at Oregon Steel, when the foreman came into the locker room. “Put your work clothes back...
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The Maestro of Fraud
April 16, 2004 By Art Perlo
Bob Woodward called his biography of Alan Greenspan “Maestro” because the Federal Reserve chief is “a conductor, exquisitely attuned to every instrument in the political and economic orchestra,” according to the amazon.com review.
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U.S.

Wall Street loves Bush budget
February 27, 2004 By Art Perlo
Under the Bush administration, the federal debt has reached record dollar amounts. The latest budget, which claims to cut the deficit in half in five years, is a work of fiction – under the Bush program,...
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U.S.

Whose recovery?
February 6, 2004 By Art Perlo
“The economy grew at a 4 percent annual rate in the final three months of 2003 – a slowdown from the red-hot performance of the prior quarter but still compelling evidence of a recovery in full...
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Labor

The Grinch cuts off the unemployed
January 9, 2004 By Art Perlo
The Bush administration joined the Republican congressional leadership in their annual holiday raspberry for the unemployed. They all went home in December, allowing the Temporary Extended Unemployment Compensation (TEUC) program to expire.
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Labor

Decent paying jobs still elusive
November 27, 2003 By Art Perlo
Despite Bush administration claims that there’s an economic recovery underway, the latest employment figures from the Bureau of Labor Statistics offer a grim picture for several key categories of workers.
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Labor

Bush administration twists truth on jobs
November 13, 2003 By Art Perlo
Treasury Secretary John Snow is boasting about the prospects for the economy, and for job growth in particular. Pro-administration writers credit the Bush tax cuts, and say that a recovering economy will deprive the Democrats of...
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