Posted on 31 January 2018. Tags: 2018Elections, Billionaires, Global Poverty, Home Depot, Katie Hill, Oxfam
The super-wealthy keep getting richer and, while they are human beings, they just don’t seem to care how many people die or go hungry while billionaires party on. That’s the only conclusion you can come to after reading a new stunning report about global wealth and inequality out from Oxfam–and I delve into the report […]
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Posted in Audio, Current Events, Economy, Labor, Podcast, Politics
Posted on 28 January 2009. Tags: Caterpillar, Consumer Spending, Financial Crisis, Home Depot, Housing, Jobs, Retail
If anyone–like obstructionist Republicans–had any doubt that we have no time to waste on the stimulus, we are peering over the edge of the abyss: Furloughs, wage reductions, hiring freezes and shorter hours simply did not do enough. A year into this recession, companies across the board are resorting to mass job cuts. Home […]
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Posted in General Interest