Economy and Business
How Trump Could Actually Stop Offshoring
The New York Times recently ran a front-page story about 700 United Technologies Corp. workers who are seeing their jobs shipped off to Mexico. Along with their UTC Carrier counterparts in Indianapolis — who are losing 550 of their jobs to Mexico — this shift leaves...
Remembering the Insider Who Blew the Whistle on Corporate Greed
If you work in a corrupt system, you have two basic options. First, you could rationalize away your role in the corruption. If you ever left, you tell yourself, they'd just get someone else to do your job. Might as well shut your mouth and collect your paycheck. But...
Concerned About Climate Change? Change Where You Bank!
At the end of April, hundreds of thousands of people will take part in the People’s Climate March in DC and around the country. The march will send a clear message that the majority of Americans understand that climate change is all too real — and they'll continue to...
A New Way to Close the Gender Pay Gap
Once again, Equal Pay Day is approaching. Never heard of it? If you’re a working woman or someone who cares about the working women in your life, you need to study up. Equal Pay Day is the day in any given year when women working full-time, year-round catch up to...
Underwater Nation
Are you or a loved one having trouble staying afloat? You're truly not alone. While the media reports low unemployment and a rising stock market, the reality is that almost 20 percent of the country lives in "Underwater Nation," with zero or even negative net worth....
Wall Street Hopes You’ve Forgotten the Crash Already
Remember October 2008 — the bank bailouts, the spiking unemployment rate, the stock market free fall? Maybe you lost a job, got a pay cut, or saw your retirement savings or home value evaporate. Maybe you even lost your home altogether, or saw your small business...
Trump’s Bad Deal on Trade
Candidate Donald Trump promised to renegotiate free trade agreements that hurt American workers. In his first week in office, he made good on that promise by withdrawing from the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), a trade pact negotiated by the Obama administration. Yet...
If You Work, This Appointment Matters to You
Fast food CEO Andrew Puzder was recently tapped by Donald Trump to lead the Department of Labor. It’s easy enough to think of the Department of Labor as just another distant bureaucracy shuffling paperwork around in Washington. At any given time, in fact, most...
Trump’s First Test on Taxes
Donald Trump's voters have high hopes that he'll boost the economy and protect jobs for those who've been left behind after three decades of flat or shrinking paychecks. They didn’t vote to make the super-wealthy even wealthier. Even Steve Mnuchin, the Goldman Sachs...
A Special Loophole for Trump’s Millionaire Cabinet
The wealth of Donald Trump's proposed cabinet is unprecedented. According to the Boston Globe, Trump and his top nominees are together worth over $13 billion. With that unprecedented wealth comes unprecedented potential for conflicts of interest. Before ExxonMobil CEO...
