Labor Day 2050: How Global Warming Threatens Labor Productivity
Higher CO2 levels directly harm human cognition.
This Labor Day, Let’s Look at Ways Green Energy Is Helping Americans
The fuel for solar and wind is free. At some point in the next 50 years, installation will be done or inexpensive, and the fuel will be gratis. The average worker will likely experience the equivalent of a 6% raise as a result.
Resistance Spreading Like Water Across The Great Plains
In the coming weeks we have our day in court, and we are optimistic that a federal judge will agree with us that our peaceful exercise of free speech and civil disobedience is legal and cannot be restrained.
The New York Times’ False Foreign Policy Narratives
Fortunately, there are those -- who receive very little high-profile media ink -- that challenge the purpose and priorities of our twinned economic and physical wars. But they deserve allies in media – who don’t just seek to promote the lesser evil – but a world worthy of our humanity and of our potential.
The Intellectuals We Abandon
"One of the many cruelties of corporate capitalism is that it has abandoned the poor and, among them, the gifted intellectuals I teach."
The Reality of Free Trade Deals
“We need a genuine reemployment system – including not only unemployment insurance, but also income insurance.”
How Much Will the War On Unions Cost You This Labor Day?
We can’t change the past, but we can change the future. Unions are exploring new ways to reach nonunion workers. The Fight for $15 is gaining momentum.
A New Economic Vision That Mixes Together Occupy, Amish Culture, and Startups
What subcultures offer us insight and principles for new ways of organizing?
Main Street Shopping and the Internet
Is the internet going to take it all when it comes to retail?
Job Growth Stays Steady While Wage Growth Fails To Take Off
August job growth was fueled by food and drinking places, social assistance, professional and technical services, finance, and health care.