Issue 295

Some Elements of a Progressive International Trade Policy

There are other ways to organize U.S. international trade. The neoliberal free trade of recent decades and the trade restrictions of Trumpian tariffs are not the only options.

The Purloined Trillions

By James M. Cypher | July 11th

In 2009 alone, bosses pocketed an estimated $1.91 trillion that 40 years ago would have gone to workers. Read more »
Universal Health Care:
Can We Afford Anything Less?

By Gerald Friedman

Why only a single-payer system can solve America’s health-care mess. Read more »
From Public Meat Markets
to Derivatives Markets

By Polly Cleveland | May 16th

What are the lessons from old New York for today’s derivatives markets? Read more »

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Some Elements of a Progressive International Trade Policy

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Issue 295

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