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Right to Work: A Setback, Not a Roadblock

December 16, 2012Shawn Gude 20 Comments

Breathe and exhale, union backers. A blow to organized labor, an affront to workers, disingenuous union-busting—Michigan’s new right-to-work (RTW) law is all of these. And in the birthplace of the hallowed United Auto Workers? It’s almost unfathomable. Union workers and… Continue Reading →

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Neoliberalism, Tuition Hikes, and the “Coupon State”

December 3, 2012Shawn Gude 7 Comments

The never-quite-quiescent debate between neoliberals and the traditional left is active again. I know it irks Matt Yglesias to no end, but I don’t find these discussions gratuitous. Easy to dismiss as inside baseball, they also delineate real differences that… Continue Reading →

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