Doug Henwood is the editor of Left Business Observer and the author of Wall Street: How It Works and For Whom and After the New Economy: The Binge … And the Hangover That Won’t Go Away. Read more of his writing for In These Times here.Liza Featherstone is the author of Selling Women Short: The Landmark Battle for Workers’ Rights at Wal-Mart. Read more of her writing for In These Times here.
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Wall Street Isn’t the Answer to the Pension Crisis. Expanding Social Security Is.
The economic fate of workers shouldn't be tied to a stock market that rewards assaults on the working class.