In this episode we’re going to Cleveland, Ohio to explore the Evergreen Cooperative Initiative.  Launched in 2008 as part of the broader University Circle Initiative, the three cooperatives that make up the Evergreen network are tied together by a non-profit organization called the Evergreen Cooperative Corporation.  The utilization of...

This episode takes a critical look at the The Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP), a trade deal involving 12 countries, encompassing nearly 40% of the global economy. Though lauded by the U.S. government as a deal  “ that will help increase Made-in-America exports, grow the American economy, support well-paying American jobs, and strengthen the...

D@W's Paul Sliker and Dante Dallavalle talk with Michael Hudson, one of the world’s six economists who accurately predicted the 2007-2008 financial crisis. His new book, J is for Junk Economics, reveals how the mainstream economic vocabulary has been turned around in an Orwellian way to mean just the opposite of what words used to mean. Michael explains how the media and academia use well-crafted euphemisms to conceal how the economy really works, the economy under Obama vs. Trump, and what might be coming next. 

By Dante Dallavalle and Michael Palmieri

This article was adapted from the Left Out podcast episode titled “Cleveland, A New Model?”.