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Unions & inequality
A picture worth 1,000 words, from the Economic Policy Institute’s top charts of 2018: See more here.
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Sue Holmberg of the Roosevelt Institute makes the case for a big change in corporate governance: American workers are in a crisis that stems, in part, from having no voice in their economic lives. For...
View ArticlePassing the buck
A side benefit of moving to decentralized, renewable electricity would be getting out from under these guys: As California’s deadliest wildfire was consuming the town of Paradise in November, some of...
View ArticleEconomists for Inclusive Prosperity
From the website of a new group committed to development of policies for inclusive prosperity: There is considerable ferment in economics that is often not visible to outsiders. At the same time, the...
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Solar power + people power
Bill McKibben strikes a hopeful note: We have two relatively new inventions that could prove decisive to solving global warming before it destroys the planet. One is the solar panel, and the other is...
View ArticleNew Consensus
“The World Needs a New Worldview.” Right on. A truly beautiful world is possible—one without poverty or pollution, and with prosperity and dignity for everyone. Humanity has everything it needs to...
View ArticleStiglitz on Adam Smith & democratic socialism
Joe Stiglitz in the Washington Post: Adam Smith, the founder of modern economics, recognized how, if unregulated, businesses would conspire against the public interest by raising prices and suppressing...
View ArticleNot so fantastic
What do the plastics industry and the tobacco industry have in common? More than you might think: For decades … the industry cast doubt on marine plastic problems or dodged responsibility. At the 1989...
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Big Plastic
The plastic industry has an image problem: Read about the industry’s spin control efforts here.
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