The economy remains in a deep hole, with unemployment and underemployment far above pre-pandemic levels.
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We need to bring back fairness to an economy plagued by an imbalance of power between workers and employers. At a time when our nation is engaged in a vital conversation about economic justice, we need to make union membership a civil right.
The upward redistribution of income has cost Americans workers $50 trillion over the past several decades. On average, extreme inequality is costing the median income full-time worker about $42,000 a year.
US billionaires’ wealth is soaring while millions remain unemployed, creating a country with two economies and increased inequality
More jobs are disappearing for good, dashing hopes of a rapid economic rebound.
One thing seems clear: we are not going back to where we were, to business as usual. Greece's former finance minister Yanis Varoufakis and Irish economist David McWilliams on the hope for a global new deal.
Talk of a manufacturing renaissance is nonsense. And there is no reason, based on Trump administration’s economic policies, to expect one.
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