Metal of the Past, Metal of the Future
Copper, the first metal worked by humans, will be crucial to decarbonization, and could be the path to a Chinese Century.
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Dead Empires: How China May Overtake the U.S.
By Polly Cleveland “The earth is the tomb of dead empires, no less than of dead men.” Thus wrote the
Puerto Rico’s Colonial Economy
Dear Dr. Dollar: It seems like Puerto Rico’s economic and financial mess came out of nowhere. Until recently, there
The Worst Place in the U.S. to Be Black Is...Wisconsin
Xavier Thomas rode the bus to school growing up. He and a handful of other African-American kids from Milwaukee
A Superfund for Workers
How to Promote a Just Transition and Break Out of the Jobs vs. Environment Trap
The Worst Place in the U.S. to Be Black Is...
... the home state of our new Speaker of the House. Now that our November/December issue, with its cover story
Tuesday Links; New Issue!
New Issue! We are just sending this to the printers; e-subscribers will get their full-color pdfs in the
Tuesday Links: TPP, Corbyn, Sanders, etc.
Off Guardian (embedded above), Tony Benn speech on the aims of Thatcherite policies. Via Gaius Publius, via Naked Capitalism, where
Corbyn Victory; Other election links
Scott Fullwiler, New Economic Perspectives, Corbynomics 101. A good piece responding to three critiques of Corbyn's idea of
Labor Day? Let’s Tell The Truth And Call It “Assets Day”
By Douglas K. Smith, author of On Value and Values: Thinking Differently About We In An Age Of Me. Crossposted
The Agony of Mexican Labor Today
For the last year and a half, tens of thousands of Mexican teachers have been involved in demonstrations, weeks-long