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The Moral Question
We dodged another shut-down bullet, but only until November 18. That’s when the next temporary bill to keep the government going runs out. House Republicans want more budget cuts …
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The Impossible Ideology of Free Trade
Why everything you think you know about economics is probably wrong (Part 2) Absolute and comparative advantage – the faulty premise behind the ideology of free trade …
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The Men We Trusted to Lead Us Have Failed
Now he tells us. On Wednesday, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke referred to the nation's unemployment rate as a "national crisis," a depressing if obvious fact of …
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How Baseball Explains Modern Racism
Despite recent odes to "post-racial" sensibilities, persistent racial wage and unemployment gaps show that prejudice is alive and well in America. Nonetheless, that truism is often angrily denied or …
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‘Peak Oil’ Takes A Deadly Blow
I've never believed in "peak oil." (The notion held with religious conviction by many on the left here, that world production is topping out — and will soon slide, …
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The Best Among Us
An activist from the Occupy Wall Street movement is shown being arrested by police in New York on September 24, 2011. (Photo: Brennan Cavanaugh / Flickr) There …
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Occupy Wall Street and New Bottom Line Spark the Struggle to Take Back the American Dream
In its second week, hundreds of people have taken over Liberty Square as part of Occupy Wall Street. What started as a loosely organized protest against the corrupting impact …
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Chris Christie’s Big Problem
Washington - Whether or not he lets himself be convinced to run for president, Chris Christie needs to find some way to lose weight. Like everyone else, elected officials …
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Young People Must Act Now to Protect Their Futures
As President Obama is selling his American Jobs Act and deficit-reduction plan and Republicans cry "it won't work" and "class warfare," America faces the threat of a lost generation. …
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USA, 250,000 Empty Public Properties Should Be Used to Address the Housing Crisis
Elephant in the Room: Amongst Talks of Market Fixes, A Crisis in Human Need The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), the U.S. Treasury, and the …