Category Archives: economy

Lets Stop the Greatest Theft in the History of Humankind

If America is to adopt socialism, why not have socialism for the poor, rather than for the rich? Why should American households that earn $50,000 a year subsidize Goldman Sachs partners who earn $5 million a year?
Lets Stop the Greatest Theft in the History of Humankind | Corporate Accountability and WorkPlace | AlterNet

Temp, part-time workers have more health problems

Workers on temporary or part-time contracts don’t just have budget shortfalls to worry about. New Canadian research suggests that workers who do not have job security will develop more physical and mental health problems compared to their full-time counterparts.
CTV.ca | Temp, part-time workers have more health problems

“Death of globalisation consensus”

Dani Rodrik, writing for Project Syndicate, finds that some prominent former staunch advocates of liberalized trade regimes are having serious doubts to the point that they are actually airing them in public. The big issue appears to be – surprise – that trade is not delivering the benefits in practice that it is alleged to produce [...]