The global economy experienced a massive contraction in 2020, with the overall global GDP falling by 4.3 percent. Compare that with the 2008 global financial crisis, which triggered a 1.8 drop in global output in 2009
These State-Level Plans Show How
Source: The Analysis UMass Amherst professor and PERI Co-Director Robert Pollin discuss his latest book that he co-authored with Noam Chomsky, about…
The economic benefits of wage hikes are beyond dispute
This reliance on big pocketed financiers will be a continuing obstacle to truly reorienting finance to serve society
Why is Wall St. OK with a Higher Deficit?
The fate of the planet depends on whether we can put in place just transition policies for workers and communities that will be negatively impacted by the decline and shuttering of the fossil fuel industry
While better than Trumpās climate denial, a review of the Biden climate plan reveals an over reliance on unproven carbon capture and far too limited investment in solar and wind
35 percent of the entire U.S. labor force filed unemployment claims between March and August.
The world needs a New Deal to counter levels of unemployment and inequality last seen in the Great Depression
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