Trade, Tariffs, and Soybeans
Trump has consistently claimed that exporters, those countries who are “ripping us off,” are paying the tariffs. However, the actual data tell a different story.
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Obama Abandoning EFCA? Not yet.
Longtime labor activist Steve Early wrote an op-ed in Sunday's Boston Globe questioning President-Elect Obama's commitment
Closures & Layoffs, 11/30-12/6/08
The latest of Mark Heschmeyer's weekly reports on corporate downsizing, from CoStar. This week's report, succinctly
Support the Chicago Sit-In
Add this to the list of ways the 1930s are making a comeback. Over the weekend hundreds of workers at
Marxism and Morality
Many Leftists encounter difficulties navigating between the Scylla of dispassionate structural economic analysis and the Charybdis of moral outrage at
Flat-Earthers To Square Environment Circle?
This is wacky, indeed. Got it off Agence France Presse site. A tidbit: "..."an astonishing switch" by
Krugman Sees End of US Auto Industry
Paul Krugman, in Stockholm (here's a link to the live webcast of Monday's Nobel lecture, which
Who Rules GM?
GM is famous for being one of the world's largest transnational industrial corporations, for laying off its U.
Foreclosures soar. Prime borrowers next?
According to the latest report by the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA), 1.35 million homes were in foreclosure in the
Banks and Low Interest Rates
Reuters on a conundrum banks face in hard times. Given the deleveraging and subsequent asst-writedowns the banks are still facing,
Something Else To Worry About
The Financial Times' John Authurs on last week's other (besides the US jobs reports) big event affecting
Stock Market Surges on Bad News!
This posting is from D&S collective member and frequent blogger Larry Peterson. To see more of his posts,
Black Male Jobless Rate: 11.9% in Nov.
The official seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for Black male workers over 20 years of age increased from 11.6% to