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Local or Far Away?

Economists tend to assume that the sole goal of our economic activity is to get things as cheaply possible. But outside the narrow world of economics, people care about a lot of other things.

Essential--and Expendable--Mexican Labor

On both sides of the border, Mexican workers are now essential--to U.S. corporations.

Corporate Funding of Police Foundations

The lavish overfunding of the police goes beyond public money.

Out of Policy Ideas? Cut Capital Gains Taxes!

Economists react to the Covid-19 economy with a familiar cure-all.

Dating the Recession

Alarmed by the coronavirus-induced economic collapse, the NBER declares the economy in a recession in record time. By John

Murder of George Floyd and My Segregated Youth

By John Weeks John Weeks is a London-based member of the Union for Radical Political Economics (URPE), one of

New: Annual Labor Issue

Our May/June issue, which is our Annual Labor Issue, is finally at the printers. We just posted Nicole Aschoff&

How the Coronavirus Crisis Became an Economic Crisis

Capitalism’s Surveillance Squeeze

By Zoe Sherman This is the script for Zoe Sherman's contribution to Democracy @ Work's "This

Richard Vague on Credit Expansion and Land Speculation

Frequent D&S author Polly Cleveland interviewed Richard Vague last week (more info here and here); here is the

Workers Unite Film Festival, This Weekend!

The Workers Unite Film Festival offers a number of new films, including “Under the Stack”, focusing on the impacts of

Webinar Interview with Richard Vague, Sunday 5/17 at 1pm

By Polly Cleveland On Sunday, May 17 at 1 PM EST, I will be interviewing Richard Vague, author of A