Last week, the Economic Policy Institute, a nonpartisan thinktank, released a report on the increasing pay gap between chief executives and workers. This research tells … American CEOs make 351 times more than workers. In 1965 it was 15 to oneRead more
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COVID-19 Crisis Will Push Millions of Vulnerable Children Into Child Labour
The differential impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on society needs to be acknowledged. While some of us are practising social distancing and exploring work from … COVID-19 Crisis Will Push Millions of Vulnerable Children Into Child LabourRead more
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Destroying the Myths of Market Fundamentalism
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5687cmbf9L4&rel=0&feature=relmfu] Ralph Nader
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Closet Socialists gives solutions to overcoming socialism’s past problems
Sen. Bernie Sanders called JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon the “biggest corporate socialist in America today” in a recent ad. He may have a point … Closet Socialists gives solutions to overcoming socialism’s past problemsRead more
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50th Anniversary of Powell Memorandum
We’ve embedded the text of the so-called Powell Memo, named for its author Lewis Powell, later a Nixon Administration Supreme Court appointment, It set forth … 50th Anniversary of Powell MemorandumRead more
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Sacklers Threaten to Pull Out of Opioid Settlement
A scion of the Sackler family, the billionaire owners of Purdue Pharma, vowed in court on Tuesday that the family would walk away from a … Sacklers Threaten to Pull Out of Opioid SettlementRead more
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U.S. Midterm Elections
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ShrjiDbAFZw&rel=0&feature=relmfu] David Harvey Economic Update
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Big Pharma Firms Spent More Enriching Investors Than on R&D
The leading 14 Big Pharma firms paid out more to enrich their investors than they spent on research and development from 2016 to 2020, a … Big Pharma Firms Spent More Enriching Investors Than on R&DRead more
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A New Form of Slavery? California’s Incarcerated Firefighters
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Pfizer must Share COVID Vaccine Technology with Africa
The Food and Drug Administration has fully authorized the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for U.S. residents aged 16 and over, making it the first COVID vaccine … Pfizer must Share COVID Vaccine Technology with AfricaRead more