The Private Equity Deception
Private equity firms are a risky place to invest and their reported returns can be misleading.
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Monopoly So Fragile
Container ships that have gotten "too big to sail" illustrate one of the less-appreciated harms of monopoly.
Dear Dr. Dollar: Are Governments Economically Stupid in Failing to Suspend Patent Protection for Vaccines?
A recent study from the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) showed that the rich countries' failure to support worldwide vaccinations against Covid-19 is likely to do severe harm to their own economies. Based on the study, Oxfam commented: "The U.S., U.K., Germany, France, Japan, and Italy toget
BOEING HIJACKED BY SHAREHOLDERS AND EXECS!
How Boeing workers are battling against perverse corporate incentives, and what their story tells us about our financialized economy.
Fighting the Wealth Hoarders with Transparency and Taxes
By Polly Cleveland Over the last five years, from my 5th floor apartment window, I’ve watched a blue spire
2021 Annual Labor Issue
Our May/June 2021 Annual Labor Issue is being sent out to e-subscribers today, on International Workers' Day, and
In the Drivers' Seat
Can a cooperative in New York City point the way for imagining alternatives to Big Tech?
Dear Dr. Dollar: Can the Decline of Unions Be Reversed?
It seems pretty clear that strong labor unions have been important in reducing economic inequality. But as labor unions have represented a declining share of workers, inequality has gotten worse and worse. Insofar as the decline of unions has been a result of globalization and technological change,
India's Farmers' Protests: What's behind one of the largest protests in history?
Farmers blocking one of the blocking main entry-point highways to Delhi in order to voice their opposition to farm laws
Taxing More from the Rich Is Difficult. This Is How to Do It.
By Polly Cleveland In the March 1 UK Prospect, economist James Galbraith offers the Brits, and us, two proposals to