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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Boycott the Rio Olympics to Defend Brazilian Democracy
By Thomas Palley Reposted from Thomas Palley's blog. Terrible anti-democratic events are now unfolding in Brazil with
Our May/June issue is out!
Our May/June issue is out! Print subscribers should get their copies soon, and electronic subscribers just received their full-
Criminal Inequality: Progressives Are Not Guilty
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Do Trade Agreements Foreclose Progressive Policy?
Dear Dr. Dollar: Doesn’t the increasing liberalization of U.S. international economic policies foreclose the possibilities for progressive policies
Paul Krugman Crosses the Line
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Sanders Is Fighting to Raise the Wages for Most Black and Latino Workers
By Stephanie Luce, Associate Professor, CUNY, and Mark Paul, Research associate at The Cook Center on Social Equity at Duke
Bernie Slanders: How the Democratic Party Establishment Suffocates Progressive Change
By Thomas I. Palley, Independent Economist Washington, D.C. Cross-posted at the author's blog, thomaspalley.com. An
Venezuela: Dismantling a Weapon of Mass Destruction
By Mark Weisbrot Mark Weisbrot is co-director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research in Washington, D.C.