Report: New Data Disproves US Corporations’ False Narrative on Taxes
A new study on corporate tax havens shows how multinational corporations avoiding U.S. taxes represents a transfer to them from workers.
Read more...A new study on corporate tax havens shows how multinational corporations avoiding U.S. taxes represents a transfer to them from workers.
Read more...Working through explanations as to why US immigration has been negatively correlated with growth.
Read more...The perilous status of adjuncts, who serve as contingent faculty.
Read more...The backlash has begun. Prominent economists are upping their game in trying to depict the gains of the One Percent as virtuous and beneficial.
Read more...Recent statistics from the US Census Bureau show improvement from 2014-2015, but in reality, wages are in a real decline and no mechanisms have been put in place to prevent another crash, says economist Richard Wolff
Read more...Why Barcelona is taking a tough stand on AirBnB, and has strong support of its citizens.
Read more...National treasure Bill Moyers describes the rise of inequality and America’s descent into plutocracy, reflecting wisdom acquired over six decades of thinking and writing about American politics.
Read more...A long road is ahead for humanity in adjusting to our new circumstances but we must now act at times before we are comfortable doing so. Such is the nature of our climate emergency.
Read more...Sleep, and capitalism.
Read more...Discussions about inequality tend to focus on the distribution of income and wealth. This column argues for a shift in focus towards another source of inequality – subjective wellbeing. Wellbeing inequality has grown significantly for the world as a whole and in eight of the ten global regions. One way to address this inequality is to increase social trust.
Read more...Book reviews of Slavery’s Capitalism and This Vast Southern Empire, with some thoughts on their relevance to our own day.
Read more...A round-up of victories for labor in the last year.
Read more...Jerri-Lynn here. The Department of Justice received considerable plaudits in August when it announced a decision not to renew contracts with private prison companies. At the time, a Marshall Project analysis made it clear that significance of that decision was overstated, as it only affected about 15% of inmates held in private prisons. The Department […]
Read more...Outrage over Colin Kaepernick’s comments on racism ignores the role of activism in improving the lives of veterans and Black Americans.
Read more...Corruption at NYU, Baylor, and Penn State.
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