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Rasmus: The Failure of Fiscal-Monetary Policy
Apr 23, 2013
Fiscal and Monetary policies since the financial crisis and the protracted recession that began in 2008 have failed to generate a sustained recovery of the US economy
Rasmus: Euro Banking Will Get Worse
Apr 08, 2013
Cyprus represents a new desperation on the part of central bankers and capitalist policy makers in Europe
Roos: Cyprus Tells Neoliberal Europe To Get Lost
Mar 22, 2013
In the face of massive popular outrage, Cypriot MPs spectacularly vote against a bank deposit tax imposed by the Troika, leaving the eurozone reeling
Rugh: Police Shooting Sparks Protest
Mar 18, 2013
To many local residents, shootings such as these are only the most shocking expressions of the day-to-day racism that young people of color experience every day
Roos: Mass Demonstrations In Spain
Feb 25, 2013
Hundreds of thousands take to the streets to denounce austerity and defend democracy as corruption scandals shake Spanish royal house and government
Rasmus: Tragedy Has Many Faces
Feb 13, 2013
The State of the Union address last night, February 12, was proof, once again, that everything changes but nothing changes with the two parties in Washington
Rugh: Occupy Sandy’s Collective Recovery
Feb 02, 2013
Occupy and allies continue to perform day-to-day relief functions and have begun to institute long-term recovery projects in affected areas
Rasmus: On the Road to Double Dip?
Jan 31, 2013
US GDP data released on January 30, 2013 for the fourth quarter 2012 showed a decline in GDP of -0.1% for the last three months of 2012
Rasmus: “Fiscal Cliff to Debt Ceiling Debacle 2.0”
Jan 01, 2013
Fiscal cliff (aka ‘Austerity American Style’) negotiations on unresolved matters will continue for the next several months
Rasmus: Obama ‘Doubles Down’
Dec 29, 2012
Late Friday afternoon, December 28, President Obama held a press conference reporting on the status of negotiations on the so-called ‘Fiscal Cliff’
Rasmus: The Well Orchestrated Dance
Dec 19, 2012
The Fiscal Cliff deal is already done. The dance is for the audience
Rogers: Blaming Workers Until the Bitter End
Dec 10, 2012
Black drivers' routes included small black convenience stores while the white drivers got the big grocery chain stores
Rugh: Low-Wage Workers Rising Up
Dec 08, 2012
When news of the firing got out, fast food workers from across the city mobilized in defense
Rugh: Struggles In Sandy’s Wake
Nov 27, 2012
A month after Frankenstorm Sandy struck, battle lines are beginning to be drawn in the wreckage along New York City’s shores
Rasmus: “Predicting the ‘Fiscal Cliff’
Nov 20, 2012
The real economic program that would emerge post-election was being formulated and debated by the elites of both parties and their corporate benefactors
Roos: Largest European Strike Ever
Nov 15, 2012
Street battles break out and large parts of Europe are paralyzed as millions of workers walk off their jobs in the biggest coordinated EU strike ever
Rasmus: Who Really Won the November 2012 Election?
Nov 10, 2012
With the 2012 election over, the real economic program for the next four years is about to be revealed
Rugh: Climate Change & Inequality
Nov 07, 2012
What quiet failures of justice in our society will be revealed next by the effects of climate change remain to be seen
Rasmus: Short Term Myopia
Nov 01, 2012
It is not a question of concern about the deficits; it is a question of business insistence upon more and more tax cuts
May 15, 2013
Our problems are not due to a lack of innovative ideas; they are due to an excess of financial power concentrated in the hands of an elite of bankers