Democrats: Revoking Trump’s Fast-Track Trade Authority Is Good Policy and Good Politics Democrats: Revoking Trump’s Fast-Track Trade Authority Is Good Policy and Good Politics
Trump doesn’t need fast track to accomplish bilateral deals, but he could use it to dole out corporate favors.
Nov 23, 2016 / David Dayen
How to Make Technology Actually Work for Workers How to Make Technology Actually Work for Workers
Rather than speeding offshoring and making workers redundant, technology can be a means of organizing and empowering them.
Nov 15, 2016 / Michelle Chen
This Trade Deal Would Make It a Whole Lot Harder to Fight Climate Change This Trade Deal Would Make It a Whole Lot Harder to Fight Climate Change
If the Trade in Services Agreement passes, individual countries wouldn’t be able to prioritize building a clean-energy infrastructure over fossil fuels.
Nov 10, 2016 / Michelle Chen
No Honeymoon for Hillary No Honeymoon for Hillary
If Clinton wins, she’ll inherit massive public anger unless she fights for progressive changes on trade and industrial policy.
Nov 8, 2016 / William Greider
Donald Trump’s Apocalypse Is a Self-Fulfilling Prophecy Donald Trump’s Apocalypse Is a Self-Fulfilling Prophecy
Whatever happens in November, the forecast is more stormy weather ahead.
Oct 13, 2016 / John Feffer
Think the US Is the Foremost Global Superpower? Think Again Think the US Is the Foremost Global Superpower? Think Again
Welcome to a multipolar world.
Oct 11, 2016 / Dilip Hiro
My Post-Debate Blues, or, How a Rude Egomaniac Has Effectively Channeled Working-Class Anger My Post-Debate Blues, or, How a Rude Egomaniac Has Effectively Channeled Working-Class Anger
In his clumsy way, Trump is defining a new industrial policy and exposing the stupidity of American “exceptionalism.”
Sep 30, 2016 / William Greider
Another Free-Trade Deal Bites the Dust Another Free-Trade Deal Bites the Dust
Negotiations surrounding the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership have been indefinitely suspended.
Sep 16, 2016 / Michelle Chen
Will the IMF Become Irrelevant Before It Changes? Will the IMF Become Irrelevant Before It Changes?
The neoliberal reforms it has imposed on countries around the world have been disastrous.
Aug 29, 2016 / Mark Weisbrot
Should the Democratic Party Be Added to the Endangered-Species List? Should the Democratic Party Be Added to the Endangered-Species List?
The Bernie-Hillary face-off has exposed how far the party has drifted from its working-class base—and how angry that base still is at the betrayal.
Jul 12, 2016 / William Greider