Sequestration
Congressional Progressive Caucus Budget Strikes Back Against Austerity
Robert Pollin: The Congressional Progressive Caucus’s budget would increase spending on education, healthcare and the green economy while rolling back cuts against social services
Food Stamps Among The Most Effective Economic Stimulus
Working age adults now make up the majority of food stamp recipients, but would raising their hourly wage get them off food stamps?
Taxing Corporate Profits will Force Investment
Dr. Heiner Flassbeck: We’re in worse shape now than in 2008 because at least then there was hope governments would face up to the situation
Austerity Not a Solution
James Henry: The top 7 percent of households, about 8 million people, have seen their net worth increase to a mean of about $3.2 million in the last three years
Who Benefits from Austerity?
New study refutes Reinhart and Rogoff analysis that underpins austerity policy around the world; shows no relation between debt and lack of growth
Trillion Dollar Tax Havens
Nicole Tichon and Gan Golan: By projecting a Tax Evader video game on the side of banks and big corporate buildings, actions aim to focus public attention on banks and big companies that pay low to no taxes
Privatizing Europe
Nick Buxton: A massive European fire sale is one way finance is using the crisis to entrench neo-liberalism
The Ugly Canadian
Yves Engler: Harper’s “condolence” message on death of Hugo Chavez shows Harper has pushed Canadian policy so far right it even jeopardizes business interest in Latin America