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Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-Maine) speaks to reporters at the Capitol in Washington on November 29, 2011. (Photo: Philip Scott Andrews / The New York Times)Like subprime mortgages, for-profit colleges …

An important fight between rich countries and developing countries over the question of UN involvement in researching and advocating for a new global financial architecture has spilled into the …

I've been rereading Larry Ball's impressive and disturbing what-happened-to-Ben-Bernanke analysis — an analysis that, I happen to know, has caused much consternation in some circles. ("Surely it can't be …

In today's On the News segment: The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) dismantles its non-economic task forces, the House passed Congressman Paul Ryan's budget for the rich, more bad …

The name Crossroads Grassroots Political Strategies is misleading: much of the Karl Rove-affiliated group's funding comes from megarich donors, not a grassroots political movement, and campaign finance reformers say …

In February 2012 the state of Texas decided to cut off reproductive and preventative health services to 130,000 low-income women. The staggering move caps what has been an escalating …

The Federal Communications Commission is scheduled to vote April 27 on whether to require TV stations to post online public information about political ad buys. Some form of the …

The Lone Ranger was a masked man who was out to bring bad guys to justice. Ed Conard is a masked man who is out to bring bad guys …

With help from the government, a very friendly tax code, and their own coffer-powered influence, big American companies have emerged from the recession flush with cash, less burdened by …

(Image: Columbia Business School Publishing)Excerpted from “Acts of God and Man: Ruminations on Risk and Insurance”, by Michael R. Powers. Copyright © 2012 Michael R. Powers. Used by arrangement with …