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

PrintEditions

The second 100 hours
January 12, 2007 By Art Perlo
Let’s not let the budget deficit be used as an excuse to block legislation to meet the needs of working-class Americans.
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PrintEditions

Social Security and the November elections
September 29, 2006 By Art Perlo
George Bush is getting set for another attempt to raid Social Security by deliberately and falsely connecting the retirement program with the crisis facing health care in the U.S
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Labor

Latest jobs report: Good for Wall Street, bad for workers
September 8, 2006 By Art Perlo
For the last five months, job creation has failed to keep up with demand. But you’d never know that from most news stories.
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PrintEditions

Wall Streets enforcer
June 16, 2006 By Art Perlo
Bush’s first treasury secretary, Paul O’Neill, was fired for not toeing the administration line. The second, John Snow, toed the line too closely.
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Peace

The economic cost of the Iraq war
April 29, 2006 By Art Perlo
President Bush proposes to cut $1.4 million from the program for early detection and screening of breast and cervical cancer, denying services to 4,000 women. The Iraq war costs $1.4 million every 7 minutes, 22 seconds.
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Labor

Wal-Mart and Henry Ford
March 3, 2006 By Art Perlo
Wal-Mart is known for the huge profits it has accumulated for the Walton family and its Wall Street backers. It is also known for low pay and savage opposition to workers’ rights.
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U.S.

Greenspan, Bernanke, and the Fed
December 2, 2005 By Art Perlo
The federal deficit is becoming a central point of political struggle. Republicans in Congress are trying to enact a series of cuts in vital programs while extending the Bush tax cuts for the wealthy. In the...
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Opinion

Katrina oil companies are the real looters
September 23, 2005 By Art Perlo
Following Katrina’s devastation, the president could crack down on the real looters by sending the National Guard to Houston and Irving, Texas, and San Ramon, Calif., the headquarters of ConocoPhillips, ExxonMobil, and ChevronTexaco.
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