The move to privatize public services—parking meters, public libraries, postal services, correctional facilities, roads, bridges, national parks, the military and Social Security, to name
Category: Economy
Conservative myths: Corporations burdened by high tax rate
What was your income tax rate in 2009? Last year Bank of America, Citibank and General Electric paid 0% in taxes. They paid nothing.
Hemp: the real reason pot is illegal
California ballot Proposition 19, also known as the Regulate, Control and Tax Cannabis Act of 2010, will be on the November 2, 2010 California
Conservative myths: The overpaid government worker
In a recent article in In These Times, Joyce Chen takes a look at popular conservative myth: the overpaid, lazy government worker. According to
To reduce unemployment, stop offshoring
According the Dylan Ratigan show on MSNBC on October 8, 72% of all employers claim they cannot find qualified candidates to fill positions. This
MO Prop A: If it passes, who wins, who loses?
In Missouri the battle over the November ballot initiative, Proposition A, is hot. There is a lot of confusion over what Prop A is
Venezuela’s economy doing better than reported in US media
Mark Weisbrot, co-director of DC based Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR), says mainstream reporting on Venezuela’s economy is way off the mark.
The decline and fall of American economic values, in pictures
Economist Robert Reich knows how to tell a story. His blog postings, op-eds and tv commentaries never fail to be straightforward and to
Why we need a green jobs program
Jeannette Wicks-Lim and her colleagues at the Political Economy Research Institute at UMass–Amherst think green jobs would be a powerful engine for job growth
The United States of Latin America
Latin American nations, following Europe’s model, have been busy forming a variety of economic unions and institutions. Venezuela, Brazil, Bolivia and Cuba are leading