Moving Beyond Free Trade and Protectionism: Tariffs Then and Now
Caption: Bahamas flag container ship, Myriad, Iyo Nada, Seto Naikai, Japan. February 23, 2023. Credit: EZEK, Flickr Trade policy has
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Resentment and Recrimination: Can U.S. Labor Unions and Indian Tech Workers on H-1B Visas Ever Get Along?
Credit: RDNE Stock project, Pexels The start of U.S. President Donald Trump’s second term will probably be remembered for the
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Grocery Unions under the Gun in New York City and the Nation
By the end of the 2010s, only 6 percent of U.S. private-sector workers were union members—the lowest share in a
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Democratizing the Knowledge Economy: Will Labor Accept the Challenge?
We are in the midst of cascading political, economic, health, and environmental crises. Perhaps most evident is the Republican Party’s
Read MoreEarth to Labor: Dispatches from the Climate Battleground
Contested Futures: Labor After Keystone XL by Sean Sweeney The extraordinary story of the political battle over the Keystone XL
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Debtors’ Island: How Puerto Rico Became a Hedge Fund Playground
You could call it a perfect storm: a fiscal crisis converging with a deep secular economic decline.1 Once touted as the showcase of U.S.- led economic development, debt-strapped Puerto Rico is currently embroiled in a struggle for survival. During the mid-twentieth century, Puerto Rico grew at a rapid pace, betting on cheap labor, privileged duty-free access to the U.S. market, and tax incentives for U.S. companies. By the 1970s, however, the formula had lost steam and …
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