Category: Economics/Class Relations

Thank god we’re finally addressing the plight of America’s most disadvantaged community, Harvard Law graduates

By David Burge Thank god we’re finally addressing the plight of America’s most disadvantaged community, Harvard Law graduates Lawrence Tribe is University Professor Emeritus and former Carl M. Loeb University Professor at Harvard Fucking Law School. He’s the one saying “thousands of my former students” are making less […]

Homelessness crisis hits rural communities

by Barnini Chakraborty, Senior Investigations Reporter Washington Examiner The images are hard to ignore: ratty, rodent-infested, tarp tents crammed together on public sidewalks next to piles of trash, human excrement, and used condoms. That’s the daily snapshot from Los Angeles’s Skid Row. Similar scenes have unfolded across dozens of large […]

Millennials have struggled to find well-paid jobs despite being the most-educated generation. It’s because there are more college degrees, but fewer jobs that require them.

Business Insider Millennials have struggled to find well-paid jobs despite being the most-educated generation. It’s because there are more college degrees, but fewer jobs that require them. NBER researchers found that the declining availability of jobs that require college degrees is responsible for millennials’ poor financial prospects. READ […]

We Can Do Better than UBI

A practical way to aid the poor J.Lund   The pandemic exposed the inadequacies of the global welfare system. In the search for a more effective way of helping people, there is growing movement on the Left toward a UBI, or Universal Basic Income. But I argue that […]

On Loans

New York Review of Books In October 2011 Jeff Madrick wrote a dispatch from Zuccotti Park for the Review. Three weeks after protesters had first converged there under the banner “Occupy Wall Street,” he found that the movement—initially mocked in the media for its youth and unseriousness—was coming […]

From toilet paper to candy bars, companies hide rising costs by shrinking the size of everyday products. Here’s what that looks like.

From toilet paper to candy bars, companies hide rising costs by shrinking the size of everyday products. Here’s what that looks like. The prices of consumer goods are increasing, from food to household necessities. Some companies are hiding this by shrinking product sizes instead. READ MORE More than […]

US Mobile P2P Payments Forecast

Business Insider US Mobile P2P Payments Forecast Insider Intelligence breaks down our estimates for growth in the mobile P2P payments space and details what’s next for providers. READ MORE Primark is eyeing huge US growth. Take a look inside the fast-fashion giant’s biggest store, which has a hair […]

If Everyone Is King Then No One Is

Caitlin Johnstone Listen to a reading of this article:   The concept of “wealth hoarding” has gained traction in the wake of the Occupy movement and the Bernie Sanders presidential campaigns, the idea being that billionaires are amassing treasure like mythical dragons in the same way someone with […]