Dean Baker
Center for Economic and Policy Research
Should Jerome Powell put on his Paul Volcker outfit and push interest rates through the roof? I would argue that, while modest rate hikes are appropriate, it is too soon to bring out the heavy artillery.
In an overlooked, once-anonymous article from her student days, Biden’s nominee emphasized the human impact of law on the most hated people in America.
Critics often say the working class doesn't fight back against exploitation because it's confused about its real interests. But this ignores how capitalism itself leads workers to resign themselves to their situation — and how we can overcome that
"Peace will only come through accelerating the transition to renewable energy, not by trading Russian oligarchs for American oil and gas barons," said a Greenpeace campaigner.
The housing crisis is a syndrome of capitalism that turns everything and all aspects of human life into a source of profit and sacrifices the needs and lives of people on the altar of capital accumulation, similar to the arms industry and trade.
In mainly black-and-white photos, Division Street juxtaposes how the down-and-out and more fortunate co-exist in the same urban spaces. His photos remind that the lives of those without homes will not improve until their need for shelter is met.
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