Radical Economic Ideas For Radical Economic Times?

How to have your egalitarian cake and eat it, too.

Jeffrey Cavanaugh
By Jeffrey Cavanaugh

As the American economy slowly continues its long, tepid recovery in the wake of the Great Recession of 2008, policymakers in Washington remain strangely aloof from problems, long in the making but made worse by the economic collapse, that have become impediments to returning to full employment growth. These problems are threefold: financialization

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Waiting For Gorbachev

In this Cold Civil War we Americans find ourselves fighting, let’s hope that waiting for pragmatic leadership doesn’t amount to waiting for Godot.

Jeffrey Cavanaugh
By Jeffrey Cavanaugh

This past Monday, the global left celebrated May Day – International Workers' Day. Around the world, workers marched in the streets, in some places violently, demanding better pay, working conditions, and an end to capitalist exploitation. For a civilization that thought globalization and the end of communism had brought about the end of history,

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