The Crash of Austerity Economics - The American Prospect
WEBOct 8, 2019 · A decade ago, Alberto Alesina was one of the most influential economists in the world. His theory of “expansionary austerity”—the paradoxical notion that reducing public expenditure would lead to an increase in economic activity—was one of the hottest ideas in macroeconomics. He claimed to have shown that government surpluses could ...
A Green Transition for West Virginia - The American Prospect
WEBMar 9, 2021 · Last month, the Political Economy Research Institute (PERI) of UMass Amherst released a report on a proposed clean-energy transition program for West Virginia. It’s one of several PERI reports that provide a template for how to redevelop West Virginia—or Ohio or Pennsylvania—by combining an energy transition program with an economic-development program and a land reclamation program.
Rethinking Incarceration - The American Prospect
WEBJan 3, 2019 · The best-known effort to understand the prison crisis at a deeper level is Michelle Alexander's argument that incarceration is the “new Jim Crow.”. Alexander argued that mass incarceration is a racially motivated system for locking the black population into an inferior economic and political status.
Can Ocean Shipping Go Green? - The American Prospect
WEBAug 22, 2022 · Ocean shipping was left out of the Paris Agreement on climate change, and again escaped being put under binding climate targets during last year’s COP26 in Glasgow. But there has been some forward movement. Shipping companies plan to operate 200 green ships by 2030, and there will be six “green shipping corridors” by mid-decade.
The Return of the Strike - The American Prospect
WEBON OCTOBER 3, 1,500 HOTEL workers in Boston—housekeepers, bellhops, doormen, bartenders—went on strike against seven hotels operated by Marriott International.It was the first hotel walkout in the modern history of Boston. Among the hotels struck were the Ritz-Carlton Boston, the Westin Copley Place, and the Sheraton Boston, all operated by Marriott, which is the world’s largest hotel ...
Progressives Help Progressives—Across City Lines
WEBJan 13, 2020 · Progressives Help Progressives—Across City Lines. Local Progress, a nationwide network of left-leaning municipal elected officials, is fast becoming the strategic switchboard for America’s increasingly liberal cities. by Rachel M. Cohen. January 13, 2020. In the fall of 2017, a group of progressive city councilmembers across Texas decided ...
Can’t See the Forest for the Trees - The American Prospect
WEBOct 11, 2021 · THE LUCRATIVE WOOD PELLET INDUSTRY, which emerged some 15 years ago, generates about $10 billion a year in revenue, mainly from Europe, where it accounts for nearly 60 percent of Europe’s renewable-energy consumption. (The overall global biomass power market was valued at $51 billion in 2020.) U.S. sales to Europe were $981 million in 2020, according to an annual report from the U.S ...
Building a Just Economy: Insights from Worker Center Leaders
WEBAug 31, 2021 4:00 PM to 5:30 PM. For nearly two decades, worker centers have been at the forefront of rethinking strategies for addressing economic injustice and building worker power. These labor movement organizations have been engines of experimentation in the realms of worker organizing, narrative change, policy development, and labor ...
Democratic Majority at the FCC Still Blocked
WEBDec 15, 2022 · THE SUPPOSED “MYSTERY” of the missing fifth commissioner doesn’t look quite as vexing from the vantage point of K Street. A torrent of lobbying money from the telecom industry has flooded Washington to block Sohn’s arrival at the FCC. AT&T, Comcast, Verizon, and T-Mobile doled out over $23 million lobbying Washington this year ...
How Biden Can Take On the Climate Crisis by Himself
WEBOct 8, 2021 · President Biden must use every bit of executive power he has available to him to address the climate crisis. The road map is there, and failing to use it is a complete dereliction of his duty. Biden has a mere 39 months left in his term, and we all have only 99 months until the ominous 2030 deadline to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
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