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Thanks to “Tax Notes”
In my post this morning on dynamic scoring and how to turn the United States into something closer to Greece, I requested that the publication Tax Notes bring an …
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Apple’s Unethical Innovation
Apple's position as a worldwide leader in technological innovation has brought huge rewards to those who run the company or own stock in it, and has raised co-founder Steve …
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Days Are Numbered for Unlimited Mobile Data Plans
Barcelona, Spain - In Indonesia, nearly a third of the population is younger than 15 years old. So Telkomsel, the leading mobile operator in the country, offers a data …
Attacking Iran: Just Because We Can, Doesn’t Mean We Should
The debate regarding Iran's nuclear program has focused upon pragmatic, tactical, strategic and economic issues regarding the feasibility and consequences of continuing and/or escalating military action against Iran. There …
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Democrats and the Bush Tax Cuts
Mark Thoma provides an excerpt from Noam Scheiber on Peter Orszag’s attempt to let all of the Bush tax cuts expire. In short, Orszag wanted to extend the “middle-class” tax …
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Mitt Romney’s Corporate Ties to Limbaugh
Mitt Romney has drawn criticism for remaining largely silent on Rush Limbaugh’s sexist attacks against Georgetown Law student Sandra Fluke, saying only, “it’s not the language I would have …
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On the News With Thom Hartmann: Congressional Democrats Wish to Put an End to Rampant Oil Speculation
In today's On the News segment: A clear picture may emerge tonight of who the Republican nominee will be, 120 million Americans are in danger of radioactive fallout should …
Why No One Would Listen: Corporate Whistleblowers Get the Silent Treatment From Washington
What’s worse: to be persecuted and indicted for trying to expose an act of wrongdoing — or to be ignored for doing so?
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American Airlines Union President Sees Future Without Pensions
TWU members protest. (Photo: aflcio / Flickr) Weeks after American Airlines' parent company AMR submitted a bankruptcy proposal to its three unions, labor and management say time …
The Scorched-Earth Politics of America’s Four Fundamentalisms
Governance is in the hands of corporate power and the US increasingly exhibits the traits of a failed state.