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FCC Commissioner McDowell Wrong on Net Neutrality and Investment
The data show that when competition is healthy, investment is high, innovation flourishes and consumers reap the rewards.
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Financial Lobby: Stupid or Disingenuous? You Decide
There are valid arguments against going over the fiscal cliff, but the national debt is not one of them.
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Plutocrats Want to Own Your Vote
Now, the Gilded Age is back , with a vengeance. Welcome to the plutocracy u2013 the remains of the olu2019 USA.
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A Pre-Nup to Discourage Private Equity Companies From Asset Stripping
The aftermath of Mervyn's 2008 bankruptcy is an instructive example of what is wrong when PE companies can profit while employees and communities pay the price.
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Romney & Company Shipped Every Single Delphi UAW Job to China
While auto parts workers lost jobs, homes and health insurance, the Romneys made millions offshoring their lives.
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Democratic Mockpocalypse: How Big Can One Election Get?
Though no oneu2019s bothered to say it, the most striking aspect of this election is its gigantism.
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Obama as Commander-in-Chief, Romney as Banal Bully
Robert Reich: Mitt Romney is not only a cold warrior; heu2019s also a class warrior. And the two are closely related.
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A Festival of Gibberish
Americans who tuned in to watch are now exactly 0% more informed on a variety of life-and-death issues for having done so, and that counts as a loss for …
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The Progressive Struggle to Save Capitalism
Proponents of simply reforming the economic system that has failed so many so miserably might as well be saying, Thank you sir, may I have another?
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Clinton Criticizes Voters for Not Appreciating the Great Economy He’s Given Them
At a recent Obama rally, former President Bill Clinton remarked that undecided voters have not sided with President Obama because they are