Data shows the decline in the national poverty rate.Yet, most states have still not recovered to their pre-great-recession poverty rates, and 40 states had higher poverty rates in 2017 than in 2000,
López Obrador’s victory ousted Mexico’s establishment. If U.S. and Canadian progressives work with him, they just might create a more democratic continent.
The European Commission, for the first time, rejected a draft national budget, threatening the opening of a "procedure" against the Italian government. The prospects for possible fundamental changes in the Eurozone.
Inequality of wealth and incomes was recognised as a defining feature of capitalism, as a totally chaotic and anarchic system, naturally generating unemployed labour and under-utilisation of other resources,
Trade policy has been an important factor in the upward redistribution of wealth over the prior four decades. This is a path definitely worth changing.
