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Eyes on Trade

…did we get to the point where lawyers sat around thinking of basic human rights to turn into “tradeable commodities/services”? To paraphrase Larry the Cable Guy, this 1992 intellectual history

Alienating Independents

…Bush tries to demonstrate that some Democrats are “irresponsible” and “rewriting history” by contrasting their statements of support for Bush in 2002 with their current criticisms of Bush, he is…

Labor as a Common Pool Resource

…reject the label outright, though, he chose to examine it more closely. Marx observed that for labor-power to appear on the market as a commodity, the sellers must first be…