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Standard Anti-Inflation Policy Serves the Elites and Harms Ordinary Workers
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What Constitutes a ‘Just’ Labor Market?
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Has the Supreme Court Ended Equality?
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The Changing Nature of Work and the Death of American Cities?
In the wake of the Covid pandemic, the nature of work has changed. More and more workers are able to work remotely, and those who can...
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The Hollowness or Hypocrisy of the Words “Our Democracy”
We hear a lot of talk these days about “our democracy.” Progressives claim that is being assaulted by those on the right. Those on the...
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The Blue State/Red State Divide on the Meaning of Equality
Although inequality is viewed as a national problem for which many advocate redistribution as a response, it is not much of a problem in...
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Polarization in the U.S.: A Tale of Two Economies
It has been commonplace to assume that the increased polarization in the nation is ideological, and on a certain level it is. But the...
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Those Who Use the Term “Our Democracy” Really Have no Use for Democracy
We hear a lot of talk these days about “our democracy,” and how in the minds of Progressives that Republicans in particular are...
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The Elites are Clueless When it Comes to Working People
One cannot help but think that we are living in an Alice in Wonderland world. We are confronted by record inflation, but the president of...
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The Elites Couldn’t Care Less About Inflation
The nation is now plagued by inflation. The president, however, has placed the blame for inflation on Putin. After all, because sanctions...
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Why in Competitive Markets Workers’ Interests are Never Included in the Public Interest
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The Problem with a Deeply Entrenched Neoclassical Orthodoxy
The neoclassical model of competitive markets holds that raising the minimum wage will lead to lower employment, either because employers...
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The Hidden Benefits of Moral Hazard: Higher Wages
If one only listened to right-wing pundits, one might think that inflation and labor shortages are due to excess government spending. Too...
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What does it Mean to talk about Workers’ Freedom in Today’s Global Economy?
As the globalization of the economy continues to push down wages, we are confronted with a question: what does it mean to talk about...
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Good Wages Require Supporting Unionization Efforts
Starbucks baristas recently voted to unionize at one of the company’s cafes in Buffalo, NY. Although many earn a minimum of $15.00 an...
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Why Nobody Trusts Government Anymore
The problem with making public policy through consensus is that it contains so much that the purpose is no longer clear. I don’t pretend...
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By Design the American Party System follows the Broker Model
Unlike European countries, the United States has never had a responsible party model. Instead, it has had what is known as a broker party...
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The Consequences of the Supply Chain Crisis
As the economy reopens in the wake of the pandemic, we find ourselves confronted with inflation due to interruptions in the supply chain,...
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Does Returning to Work Force Us to Rethink the Meaning of Free Labor?
The concept of free labor has had many meanings in our nation’s history. Generally it meant that workers who worked for a living would be...