Category: Political Economy
OLIGARCH Act Seeks to Combat Extreme Wealth Inequality
By Jake Johnson July 26, 2023 A group of progressive U.S. lawmakers on Wednesday proposed a...
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The World Needs a New Development Theory That Doesn’t Trap the Poor in Poverty
By Vijay Prashad July 13, 2023 In June, the United Nations’ Sustainable Development...
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Bezos-Owned Washington Post Is Mad That Debt Ceiling Deal Didn’t Cut Social Security
By Conor Smyth June 15, 2023 FAIR.org The Washington Post (6/1/23) holds that the debt...
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NYT Headlines Article “Public Tired of ‘Neoliberal’ Policies Designed to Make Rich Richer”
By Dean Baker June 22, 2023 Of course, The New York Times did not headline a piece this...
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More Countries Ditch Dollar amid Growing Calls for Reshaping Global Financial System
By Global Times staff reporters May 18, 2023 Global Times The global de-dollarization move...
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The Warfare State: How Funding for Militarism Compromises Our Welfare
By the National Priorities Project May 24, 2023 Introduction Our country’s economy faces a...
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World Military Expenditure Reaches New Record High As European Spending Surges
Stockholm, Sweden April 24, 2023 Total global military expenditure increased by 3.7 per cent in...
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Not Your Grandfather’s Military Industrial Complex
By Ben Freeman and William D. Hartung May 4, 2023 The military-industrial complex (MIC)...
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The End of an Era
By Greg Godels April 30, 2023 Why do the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the World Trade...
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Six War-Mongering Think Tanks and the Military Contractors That Fund Them
By Amanda Yee March 7, 2023 Liberation News From producing reports and analysis for U.S....
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Congress Has Been Captured by the Arms Industry
By William Hartung March 28, 2023 On March 13th, the Pentagon rolled out its proposed...
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A Quarter of Biden’s Budget Will Go to Pentagon Contractors
By Lindsay Koshgarian March 9, 2023 National Priorities Project Today the White House released...
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Fiscal 2023 Budget Deal Rewards Pentagon at the Expense of Domestic Needs
By National Priorities Project December 20, 2022 The budget deal released today prioritizes...
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Just 11 Senators Vote No on $858 Billion Military Budget
By Jake Johnson December 16, 2022 Common Dreams In an overwhelming bipartisan vote late...
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The Road to De-Dollarization Will Run Through Saudi Arabia
By Vijay Prashad December 15, 2022 Tri-Continental: Institute for Social Research On 9...
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Billionaire Wealth Up 50 Percent Since the Start of the Pandemic
Since the beginning of the pandemic, the Institute for Policy Studies has tracked the explosive...
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Ruling Class Angst
By Greg Godels October 20, 2022 There is a profound difference between the economic crisis of...
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No National Security without Climate Security
By the National Priorities Project September 2022 Climate change represents arguably the...
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