The United Mine Workers Strike at Warrior Met Coal
The issues and the cast of characters at Warrior Met Coal.
Read more...Category Archives: The destruction of the middle class
Head Start’s Long-Run Impacts on Human Capital and Labor-Market Outcomes
A large-scale preschool program – even one with less per-child expenditures than model preschools – can deliver long-run benefits to students.
Read more...Rethinking Unemployment: From Adam Smith to Marx “Reserve Army of the Unemployed” to the Neoliberal War on Full Employment
Unemployment as a balancing act between workers ‘fearing the sack’ and employers ‘fearing the quit,” with employers usually winning out.
Read more...Bob Pollin: Modest Inflation Is Good for Workers
If inflation is linked to higher wages, that’s not bad for workers, says Bob Pollin of the Political Economy Research Institute in Amherst.
Read more...When Is a Co-Op Not a Co-Op? When Vested Interests in California Want to Keep Platform Workers From Having Power
California Assembly Bill 1319 is a convoluted scheme to create so-called co-ops designed to keep gig workers disempowered.
Read more...What if Large Businesses Are Really Macroeconomic Entities?
Mega businesses are a huuge problem. But what to do?
Read more...Larry Summers Doubles Down On His Inflation Prediction
Unfortunately, Larry Summers still gets attention, most recently for inflation hawkery. Fortunately, it’s not hard to see through him.
Read more...How Enforcement of the USMCA Will End a Corporate Race to the Bottom
USMCA, which promised to help American workers by improving labor bargaining rights, is being put to its first road test. Will it perform?
Read more...Support for Gig Worker Union Bill in New York Collapsing After Scrutiny
A tech industry Trojan horse masquerading as a pro-union measure has been caught out.
Read more...Why Biden Is Not a Transformational President
Biden is not living up to his PR. The implications are significant, given the need for significant change.
Read more...Slack in the Economy, Not Inflation, Should Be Bigger Worry
Despite fear-mongering about inflation, unemployment remains elevated and stimulus is needed to prevent a collapse in demand.
Read more...War as the Enemy of Reform: Biden’s Dilemma or His Excuse?
How much is keeping the US on a war footing really constraining Biden on the domestic front?
Read more...Michael Hudson on American as Absentee Landlord on The Greyzone: Biden Administration, New Cold War, Super Imperialism, Dollar Weaponization
Michael Hudson discusses geopolitics including currency power plays, global institutions like the IMF, the new Cold War, and Bill Gates
Read more...Homeless Reflect on Life in a New York City Hotel Room, One Year Later
Covid housing for the homeless has been beneficial not just for public health but for many of the individuals in the program.
Read more...How Upskilling America Will Rebuild the Middle Class
A sanity check on how far “let them eat training” will go in restoring the fallen American middle class.
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