Hear me out: this is an argument as much about the place of workers’ issues in the future Administration, as it is an argument for making John Edwards the next Labor Secretary. When it comes to tackling the economic crisis, the president-elect has been pre-occupied, personnel-wise, with the question of who will be […]
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Health Care Crisis Exposes Wal-Mart’s Phony “Free Market” Rap
Posted on 06 September 2008.
One of the great lies that Wal-Mart perpetrates on our national debate is that it is a paragon of the so-called "free market". In truth, Wal-Mart’s model of low wages and cheap prices could not survive without broad government support, not the least of which is health care. You see, most Wal-Mart workers […]
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If You Rely On Statistics, You Can’t See How Bad It Is
Posted on 22 May 2008.
A pet peeve of mine has been the way in which government statistics mislead us–and that is even without actual lying by politicians and their operatives. Take the Gross Domestic Product–it only tells you that stuff is being made, not whether the average person can pay their bills. Even when the GDP goes up, […]
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A Milestone–Or A Millstone?
Posted on 15 May 2008.
Not something we should be thrilled to hear: Imagine Houston being populated only by Wal-Mart workers. Houston proper, with its population of just over 2 million, has about the same number of people as Wal-Mart Stores Inc. now employs worldwide. Put another way, if a city had only families of four and one member […]
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Edwards Driving Democratic Party Debate–WSJ Admits
Posted on 21 July 2007.
As I mentioned the other day, I just got back from taking part in a portion of John Edwards’ poverty tour. And while I agree with many observers that the MSM is focusing on really stupid stuff, The Wall Street Journal says something different today, which is worth noting: “Edwards, Trailing Rivals,Holds Sway Over Party’s […]
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Poverty and Unions
Posted on 16 July 2007.
I’m on the road with the poverty tour that John Edwards is doing through several states in a few days (yours truly is only going as far as Memphis), an opportunity to see a wide variety of workers struggling to make it. I’m going to try to write something more in depth later or tomorrow. […]
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Wolfowitz’s “Greed Is Good” Defense
Posted on 02 May 2007.
How would you like to make about $200K to help alleviate poverty around the world? Turns out a lot of people like that deal–an astounding fact in today’s New York Times story that Paul Wolfowitz is using to justify his behavior in the on-going ethical controversy at The Bank. And this factoid underscores how poorly […]
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