Arlie Hochschild – “Strangers in Their Own Land: Anger and Mourning on the American Right” Economic Update [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZnA5oIjqfLY&rel=0&feature=relmfu] [if not the wages will reach … Why minimum wage law createdRead more
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Additional 230 Million Indians Fell Below Poverty Line Due to the Pandemic
At a time when the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic is ravaging India, a report prepared by the Centre for Sustainable Employment at Azim … Additional 230 Million Indians Fell Below Poverty Line Due to the PandemicRead more
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Finally a Tiny Sales Tax On Stocks
James Henry Economic Update [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZEX4fYZl4s&rel=0&feature=relmfu]
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A ‘Superbug’ Resistant To All Our Antibiotics
The issue of antibiotic resistance has been getting worse for quite some time. Today, well over five thousand Americans will acquire serious infections that are … A ‘Superbug’ Resistant To All Our AntibioticsRead more
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Private donors: the pied pipers of ‘modern slavery’?
As the director of an anti-slavery charity in London at the turn of the century, I would have welcomed a substantial injection of cash to … Private donors: the pied pipers of ‘modern slavery’?Read more
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America’s Neoliberal Financialization Policy vs. China’s Industrial Socialism
Nearly half a millennium ago Niccolo Machiavelli’s The Princedescribed three options for how a conquering power might treat states that it defeated in war but … America’s Neoliberal Financialization Policy vs. China’s Industrial SocialismRead more
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Hospitals Sued Patients over Medical Debt
We look at pandemic profiteering in the medical system as a new report by Kaiser Health News reveals some of the nation’s richest hospitals recorded … Hospitals Sued Patients over Medical DebtRead more
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People are continuously building economic alternatives
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Public Health and Big Pharma Monopoly Protections
With growing momentum behind the global campaign for a temporary, emergency waiver of some of the World Trade Organization’s (WTO) intellectual property (IP) to boost … Public Health and Big Pharma Monopoly ProtectionsRead more
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Our Biggest Tax Evaders have been Living High on the Hog
Cheating on your taxes — if you happen to be filthy rich — has never been easier. Or more lucrative. So we’re learning from a … Our Biggest Tax Evaders have been Living High on the HogRead more