Fighting Climate Change in Portlandia
Not only is failure not an option, those fighting to avert cataclysmic climate change have achieved important successes worthy of celebrating.
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Interview: Short Staffing and Work Intensification
Mike Prokosch discusses his article on short staffing, when employers intentionally hire too few workers as a menthod of work intensification.
Short Staffing
Deliberately hiring too few people—always one of employers’ favorite methods of work intensification—is reaching new extremes.
D&S Authors on Trump’s First 100 Days
John Miller, Arthur MacEwan, Zoe Sherman, and Marie Christine Duggan on Tariffs and the War on Workers and the Planet.
Interview: Trump’s Tariffs and Stagflation
D&S columnist John Miller explains how the Trump tariffs risk stagflation—inflation combined with economic stagnation.
The Monster That Government Made
How Elon Musk used government loans and subsidies to enrich himself.
Why Is the World Bank Attacking Land Reform in the Philippines?
The proposed market-oriented SPLIT reforms, which the bank supports, would undermine the country’s coops.
The Burning of (Parts of) Los Angeles
Explaining the natural and human causes of the recent fires—and dispelling the myths.
Tariffs, Deportations, and Tax Cuts for the Rich
Economists agree: Trump’s proposed policies would be bad for the U.S. economy.
Getting Better All the Time?
Don’t drown while wading through the numbers in the December jobs report.