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Debt Ceiling Deal: Wrong Diagnosis Leads to Wrong Treatment for What Ails the Economy
The stock market's decline as the debt-ceiling deal was sealed says it all. Wall Street doesn't buy the reliance on magical thinking behind this deal – that it will …
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Bringing on the “Obama Recession” by Forgetting the Lessons of Keynes and FDR
“The economic experiments of President Roosevelt may prove, I think, to be of extraordinary importance in economic history, because for the first time — at least I cannot recall …
Employment Rate Hits New Low as Economy Creates 117,000 Jobs in July
The employment rate for blacks hit its 4th consecutive low for the downturn. The Labor Department reported that the economy created 117,000 jobs in July and revised …
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On the News With Thom Hartmann: Congress’ Disapproval Rating at an All-Time High of 82 Percent, and More
TRANSCRIPT https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPvDu3ws61k Thom Hartmann here – on the news…
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Senator Hutchison Only Republican Who Backed Democrats on FAA
In the impasse over funding the Federal Aviation Administration, which had idled more than 4,000 FAA employees and 70,000 construction workers for nearly two weeks, only one Republican sided …
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The US Doesn’t Have a Debt Problem. It Has a Crisis of Values
Default was the best option. The shameful and dangerous debt ceiling deal passed into law yesterday made that clear. It is rooted in the grand bargain that the political …
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European and Global Markets Drop Ahead of Wall Street Opening
London - Stock markets continued to slide Friday in Europe following sharp sell-offs in Asia and on Wall Street, as pessimism about weak growth in the United States combined …
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Journalist Kicked Out of ALEC Conference, Threatened With Arrest
In late July, shortly after the launch of ALECexposed.org, Lousiana State Rep. Noble Ellington, a Republican from the state's 20th district and the national chairman of the American Legislative …
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The Hidden History of ALEC and Prison Labor
James Wilson, a Berrydale Forestry Camp farm squad prisoner, finishes loading collard greens on a truck at the University of Florida West Florida Research and Education Facility in Jay, …
The Obama Doctrine and the Dangers of the $185 Billion Increase in US Nuclear War Preparations
President Barack Obama works as his motorcade arrives at Bradley International Airport in Windsor Locks, Connecticut, May 18, 2011. Although Obama has spoken out against nuclear proliferation, he's …