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Open Systems and Glass Ceilings: The Disappearing Woman and Life on the Internet
The Internet turns out to be a superb mechanism for consolidating money and power and control, even as it gives toys and minor voices to the rest of us.
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Hiding Profits in Slimy Offshore Wormholes
Caterpillar channeled 85 percent of its international parts profits into what amounts to a tax shelter.
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Comcast, Time Warner and Congress: Perfect Together
Yes, you might not be able to get decent cable service or a good Wi-Fi signal but when it comes to Congress, Comcast is quite the attentive suitor.
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Pass the Drone Strike Transparency Act
A bipartisan bill would require accurate reporting on the key figure of how many civilians are being killed in drone strikes so that an informed debate on the military …
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The Downside of Rapid Growth
Yes, rapid growth is good, but it doesn't solve all problems, even if you know how to make it happen, which you don't.
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The McCutcheon Decision Is Our Rallying Cry
While some still believe the United States is the greatest democracy on Earth, the US is actually a plutocracy, a government ruled by the wealthiest.
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Billionaires Score Big Win With McCutcheon Decision
The Supreme Court's majority ruled that a government of, by, and for the wealthy isn't corrupt.
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The United States Re-Balancing in East Asia
At a moment when the United States government hops up and down frantically every time North Korea launches a missile, a group of concerned individuals in policy gathered together …
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Russell Conwell: His Theology of Wealth and Today’s GOP
Dr. Zogby: "I thought of Russell Conwell's bizarre nineteenth-century theological glorification of wealth this past week when the Supreme Court removed one of the last remaining limits on the …
Why the GCC Should Welcome Iran Nuclear Talks
While most countries have welcomed this diplomacy, opposition to talks has primarily come from Israel and some GCC states. This opposition, however, is mistaken.