When All Else Is Out of Bounds, Zap Labor
From Nixon’s wage controls to today’s interest rate hikes, the fight against inflation has targeted labor.
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March unemployment numbers
The Bureau of Labor Statistics released its March unemployment numbers on Friday, and the news is grim: The unemployment rate
A New Deal for the 21st Century
An upcoming conference, related to Ryan Dodd's feature article in the current issue of D&S, A
The Employment Road to Economic Recovery in Argentina
The announcement below is related to Ryan Dodd's feature article in the current issue of D&S,
Peas in a Pod
This from Mike Allen's Playbook at politico.com, via Doug Henwood at the Left Business Observer's
The Collapsing Housing Bubble and Resulting Financial Fallout
This policy memo is from Dean Baker of the Center for Economic and Policy Research. The Collapsing Housing Bubble and
20,000 Vietnamese Workers Go On Strike At Nike Contract Factory
From the Associated Press: HANOI, Vietnam: More than 20,000 Vietnamese workers have walked off the job at a Taiwanese-
What's behind the assault on Basra
Naftana ('Our Oil' in Arabic) is an independent UK-based committee supporting democratic trade unionism in Iraq. It
The Job
This satirical short (The Job) was created by Screaming Frog Productions. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3XGJq8wrw5I&
New Report: Nation's Gentrified Neighborhoods Threatened By Aristocratization
This new report reminds us yet again why it is so important to follow the independent press. You never get
Clinton's Bigger Lies
The Shock Doctrine While there is still some attention to Hillary Clinton’s role in the 1990s US foreign policy
Cockburn on Spitzer, Wall Street, and UFE
Alexander Cockburn's column in the March 31st issue of The Nation (alas, not the most recent issue—some
CEPR Paper Responds to Foreign Affairs on Venezuela
CEPR Paper Responds to Foreign Affairs on Venezuela by Mark Weisberg Center for Economic and Policy Research March 21, 2008