The Plutonomy—AI Edition—and the Coming Crisis
Driven by speculative finance, stagnant wages, and AI hype, today’s tech-heavy economy mirrors the fragile plutonomy that collapsed into the Great Crash of 1929.
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Watch Out For Family Friendly Policies
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Culture Jammers
Who would have thought a pair of documentary filmmakers and wilderness devotees from the deep woods of British Columbia would
Minimum Wage, Maximum Benefit?
The federal government raised the minimum wage from $4.25 to $4.75 per hour on October 1, 1996, with
Labor Amendment?
"If you can find a Democrat or a Republican who supports a constitutional amendment guaranteeing a job and a
Workfare: Unfair!
It is 7 a.m. when Ava gets to her job at a Brooklyn, N.Y. Department of Sanitation garage.
Coming in From the Cold in the Struggle for Solidarity
We were winding up our interview when Wilfredo Larencuent mentioned in passing that the AFL-CIO's representative in
Taking Aim at Child Slavery
If the Persian-style carpets at your local store do not have Rugmark's signature stamp of a smiling