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Street Smart Economics

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Street Smart Economics is a periodic series written for Street Roots by professors emeriti in economics. 

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Bernie Sanders

A wealth tax? It could work in the U.S.

COMMENTARY | We need more funding for public programs; we also need to address the obscene concentration of wealth
By
Martin Hart-Landsberg
December 20, 2019
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A retirement-age couple sitting on a bench, overlooking the water

Baby boomers are ready to retire – if only they could afford to

COMMENTARY | With big businesses unwilling to bring back pensions or raise wages, seniors are left with tough decisions, and younger generations are left behind
By
Martin Hart-Landsberg
October 11, 2019
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Street signs showing intersection of Wall Street and Main Street

Wall Street speculators and the loss of affordable housing

COMMENTARY | Investment giants are inflating Portland housing prices, a local expert argues
By
Mary King
September 13, 2019
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Map of North America

Like NAFTA, USMCA trade deal is about corporate globalization

COMMENTARY | Beware of biased methodology and bogus assumptions about the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement
By
Martin Hart-Landsberg
June 21, 2019
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Teacher handing money over to corporate exeuctive

PERS reform sticks it to teachers, other underpaid public employees

COMMENTARY | Oregon business lobbyists scapegoat public workers while ignoring corporate responsibility for budget cuts
By
Mary King
May 10, 2019
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Two people using computers

The economy is tough on millennials, so they fight back

COMMENTRY | It’s true: These young adults are faring worse than earlier generations
By
Martin Hart-Landsberg
March 22, 2019
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Illustration of house made of dollars

Big money prevents real progress on rent stabilization

COMMENTARY | Oregon’s new law is nothing compared to efforts in some U.S. cities
By
Mary King
March 1, 2019
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A man in a suit with his fingers in his ears

What politicians get wrong – or do not care – about us

COMMENTARY | Thanks in part to corporate lobbying, lawmakers think constituents are more conservative than they are
By
Martin Hart-Landsberg
January 18, 2019
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Papers labeled "Arbitration Agreement"

Gutting workers’ rights with mandatory arbitration

COMMENTARY | Don’t count on the courts to protect you
By
Martin Hart-Landsberg
November 23, 2018
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Military tanks and aircraft

The price we pay for militarism

COMMENTARY | The United States' massive military spending means less money for everything else
By
Martin Hart-Landsberg
August 24, 2018

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