New York City Nurses Confront an Austerity Avalanche
Medicaid cuts are being used to push austerity in hospitals’ contract negotiations with nurses, even as some hospitals dabble in financial speculation and their CEOs rake in millions.
July/August 2021
These are all the article from the July/August 2021 issue that have been posted online. To see the full table of contents for this issue, go to https://www.dollarsandsense.org/issue-355/
5 articles
Dear Dr. Dollar: Are Governments Economically Stupid in Failing to Suspend Patent Protection for Vaccines?
A recent study from the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) showed that the rich countries' failure to support worldwide vaccinations against Covid-19 is likely to do severe harm to their own economies.
BOEING HIJACKED BY SHAREHOLDERS AND EXECS!
How Boeing workers are battling against perverse corporate incentives, and what their story tells us about our financialized economy.
Monopoly So Fragile
Container ships that have gotten "too big to sail" illustrate one of the less-appreciated harms of monopoly.