Great Depression

Why is capitalism at a dead end?

The following is a slightly edited version of a talk Fred Goldstein, author of "Capitalism at a Dead End" and…

July 25, 2013

Why we need to demand a shorter work week

In February, the Detroit Free Press reported that the United Auto Workers union was preparing “arguments over the thirty-hour week,…

November 16, 2012

No light at end of economic tunnel

Numerous politicians and economists, from all across the political spectrum, have decried the “slow rate of recovery” of the U.S.…

August 18, 2012

Three crises of the capitalist system: 1873, 1929 and 2007

New introduction to ‘Capitalism at a Dead End’ Capitalism, the system of production for profit, has reached a dead end.…

August 10, 2012