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Tag Archives: labor
How Free Markets Damage People and Planet
“Markets without restrictions are like cars without brakes,” writes Dr. Ha-Joon Chang of Cambridge. “They’re bound to keep crashing.” Continue reading
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Tagged economics, environment, freedom, labor, neoliberalism, politics
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Alabama Amazon Workers Could Arrest America’s Slide
Unions mostly collapsed because large factories disappeared. Without large workplaces in which workers can associate, and without the power to shut down production with strikes, labor has a much harder time organizing. We are all living harder lives as a result. Now in Bessemer, Alabama, over 5,000 mostly Black workers at an Amazon warehouse may reverse that downward slide. Continue reading
Other People’s Joy
If you can be happy for other people’s good fortune, you will have an endless supply of things to be happy about. Continue reading
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Tagged acceptance, Buddhism, cats, children, happiness, insecurity, labor, mudita, polyamory, relationships, sharing
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