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Inaugurating Second Term, Obama Hints at a More Progressive Domestic Agenda Than in His First Four Years
President Obama vowed a continued fight for equality of women and for the rights of gays and lesbians, to push for immigration reform and gun control, to address income …
Economists’ Statement on Regulation
We are economists who think that the economy should serve people, the planet and the future.
“Dirty Wars”: Jeremy Scahill and Rick Rowley’s New Film Exposes Hidden Truths of Covert US Warfare
Jeremy Scahill: The appointment of Brennan to CIA, to me, is the greatest symbol of how deeply invested in covert war and an expansion of wars around the world.
Responding to Financial Crisis: Are Austerity and Suffering Inevitable?
The idea that suffering for an economy is inevitable is repeated so often that it is now taken as received wisdom by policy makers and civil society alike, yet …
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Resisting Racism and Militarism in 2013
The time is so late, the danger so great, that I call upon all the forces which believe in peace to take a lesson from the labor movement, the …
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How the Walmart Labor Struggle Is Going Global
What started as a warehouse workers' strike in California late last year has grown into a global struggle against the world's largest private employer.
Six Economic Steps to a Better Life and Real Prosperity for All
We've got to break out of the old ways of thinking about the economy.
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Mr. President, Put Our Spending Priorities in Order
Dear Mr. President, As you begin your second term in office this week, we hope you will let the US public in on one of Washington's best-kept open secrets: …
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Japan’s Fiscal Stimulus: Yes, There Is Such a Thing as a Free Lunch
Sometimes there is a free lunch for countries suffering from unemployment and in some cases, recession.
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In MLK Award Acceptance Speech at WI Capitol, Woman Gives Gov Walker Hell to His Face
In Wisconsin, Dr. Margaret Rozga accepted the MLK 2013 Heritage Award for her husband, the late Father James Groppi, and used the opportunity to deliver a scathing criticism to …