Trade
Suspicious Nonsense on Trade Agreements (opinion) New York Times ...what really gets me is the Chamber’s supposed agenda for growth. Topping the list — the number one priority — is completing those trade agreements. This is absurd, and disturbing...
War on Workers
Meet The 80 People Who Are As Rich As Half The World Five Thirty Eight …since 2009, the wealth of those 80 richest has doubled in nominal terms — while the wealth of the poorest 50 percent of the world’s population has fallen...
Worker dies when Ohio overpass collapses Associated Press ...The Cincinnati police chief urged morning commuters to plan ahead Tuesday after an interstate overpass undergoing demolition collapsed, killing one person and injuring another...
How the 1% fly to Davos CNN Money …Billionaires and world leaders from across the globe are flying en masse to the annual World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland -- and they insist on traveling in style. Roughly 1,700 private flights are expected over the course of the week...
IMF downgrades global growth forecast BBC News …The downgrade to the forecasts comes despite one major boost for the global economy - the sharp fall in oil prices, which is positive for most countries. The IMF expects that to be more than offset by negative factors, notably weaker investment…
Miscellaneous
Martin Luther King, Jr.: All Labor Has Dignity truthout ...there is another great need, and that is to unite beyond class lines...
Crushing The U.S. Energy Export Dream (opinion) naked capitalism ...Exporting crude oil and natural gas from the United States is among the dumbest energy ideas of all time. Exporting gas is dumb. Exporting oil is dumber...
