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Lionizing Wealthy Americans, Rather Than Taxing Them
(Photo: CartoonArts International / The New York Times Syndicate) A new paper on optimal taxes in the latest edition of the Journal of Economic Perspectives, by the …
New Petition on White House Web Site to Enforce Whistleblower Protections
White House, Washington, DC. The White House, Washington, DC. Nuclear Safety Engineer Paul Carson, a prominent whistleblower, has initiated a petition on the White House web site calling …
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In the Euro Zone, Looming Catastrophe
In an online post titled “Self-Serving Myths of Europe’s Neo-Calvinists,” Ambrose Evans-Pritchard, an editor at the British newspaper The Telegraph, sends us to a very good essay from the …
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Supreme Court to Consider the Arrest of a Cheney Critic
Washington - The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to decide whether Secret Service agents protecting Vice President Dick Cheney may be sued for violating the free speech rights of …
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Obama to Echo Theodore Roosevelt in a Big Thematic Speech on Tuesday
Washington - Franklin Roosevelt had the New Deal. Harry Truman had the Fair Deal. John Kennedy had the New Frontier. Now President Barack Obama takes his stab at wrapping …
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In the Lead for Exploiting the One Percent: Rupert Murdoch and the Koch Brothers
Our vote on the 1% has been vigorous since it started last week, with thousands of people rating nominees representing Wall Street, dirty energy, war profiteering, and more. We're …
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It Came From Madison Avenue
The other day I was streaming It!, an old science fiction film, and saw something odd on my computer screen. There, in the storage hold of the rocket ship …
The Stop Online Piracy Act: Class War in Cyberspace
(Photo: Kaptain Kobold; Edited: JR / TO) The One Percent and their employees are masters of word play. They turned the estate tax into the “death tax,” …
Why the “Left” Establishment Can’t Create Demands for the Occupy Movement
Occupy Wall Street at Liberty Square in New York City, NY. October 10, 2011. (Photo: a c o r n) Did you hear the big news? The …
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Social Contract Unravels in Rich Countries as Widening Income Gap Favors Bankers, Executives
According to a new report by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, income inequality — which has sparked the Occupy Wall Street movement in the U.S. — is …