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Every Budget Under Assault
House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) speaks at the Economic Club of New York, May 9, 2011. In the speech, delivered ahead of a second round of debt limit negotiations …
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Democracy’s Dawn in Tunisia and Egypt?
With protests fading in Tunis and seeming to have peaked in Cairo, it is time to ask whether Tunisia and Egypt will complete democratic transitions. I have been visiting …
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The Great Switch by the Super Rich
Forty years ago, wealthy Americans financed the U.S. government mainly through their tax payments. Today wealthy Americans finance the government mainly by lending it money. While foreigners own most …
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The War on Contraception Goes Viral
As those of us who’ve been following the anti-choice movement for years can attest, the biggest stumbling block for them has been finding a way to make a move …
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What’s Inside Big Oil’s Head?
(Image: Jared Rodriguez / Truthout) The big five of Big Oil might want to mull over a bit of advice that baseball great Ted Williams once offered …
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Deconstructing a Paul Ryan Sound Bite
Rep. Paul Ryan from Wisconsin revels in his reputation as America's ultimate conservative policy “wonk.” He plays the part well. At the drop of a hat, the Republican lawmaker …
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Remain Calm: Money Madness Does Not Have to Be Contagious
(Image: CartoonArts International / The New York Times Syndicate) I’ve been fond of quoting the late economist Charles Kindleberger, my old teacher at the Massachusetts Institute of …
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Spitting in the Face of the Poor
Former Congressman Newt Gingrich of Georgia, speaking at CPAC 2011 in Washington, DC. (Photo: Gage Skidmore) Dear Readers, The right wing is playing its usual …
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Doha Goes on Life Support
The impasse continues in the WTO's Doha negotiations, to the point that even the relentlessly optimistic Secretary General Pascal Lamy, after another deadline-driven search for concessions, admitted that there …
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Strong Unions: The Worst Nightmare for the Financial Elite
Protesters in Madison, Wisconsin, February 19th, 2011. (Photo: ra_hurd) The antiunion movement in the United States keeps us underpaid and represents a serious impediment to economic growth. …