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Austerity Lovers in D.C., Austerity Haters At Home
Then they complain about the cuts, but still demand cuts somewhere else and add new demands that someone ELSE decide what should be cut.
Why Is Socialism Doing So Darn Well in Deep-Red North Dakota? It’s the Banks
North Dakota's thriving state bank makes a mockery of Wall Street's casino banking system — and that's why financial elites want to crush it.
Detroit Schools Emergency Manager Gets Accolades as Children Fall Further Behind
Under an unaccountable system of control, the hardest hit have been the low-income children of Detroit.
Garbage In, Garbage Out: Struggling Haiti Signs Costly Private Deal
The Haitian government risks signing the state and the taxpayers up for a very costly deal.
Pressing Ahead With Iran Pipeline, Pakistan Calls Washington’s Bluff
US and international sanctions have not succeeded in halting Iran's nuclear program, and Pakistan's domestic need for energy may outweigh what it calculates as the cost of ignoring US …
The Global Unemployment Crisis
After the near collapse of the financial system and the great recession, unemployment has significantly increased worldwide.
State Department’s Keystone XL Contractor ERM Green-Lighted BP’s Explosive Caspian Pipeline That Failed to Live Up to Jobs Hype
A full review of the costs and consequences of ERM's penchant for rubber-stamping troubling oil and gas infrastructure is in order.
Government Debt and Deficits Are Not the Problem. Private Debt Is.
While political pundits point to the American people as the cause of the economic downturn, private corporate debt is really to blame.
It Can Happen Here: The Confiscation Scheme Planned for US and UK Depositors
Confiscating the customer deposits in Cyprus banks was not the desperate idea of a few Eurozone officials.
The “Harlem Shake” and the Western Illusion of Freedom
When five teenagers in Queensland, Australia uploaded a video of themselves dancing to a short excerpt of Baauer's song “Harlem Shake” it immediately went viral, garnering some 400 million …