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Economy
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The Enduring Debate Over Debt
No, debt does not mean that we're stealing from future generations.
Kevin Gallagher: Emerging Markets and the Reregulation of Cross-Border Finance
Most cross-border capital flows occur among industrialized nations, but emerging markets are increasing participants.
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Control the Corporations Before They Completely Control Us
Powerful multinational corporations are a great danger to democracy and to most people. Regulation of corporations should be consolidated into one agency with stronger regulation, enforcement of antitrust laws …
Economic Update: Market System Defects
This episode provides updates on labor protections for “contract” workers, and more.
“Carceral Conglomerate” Makes Millions From Incarcerated, Their Friends and Families
Dallas-based Securus Technologies has become a carceral conglomerate, with phone service, video visitation and electronic monitoring.
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The Dangers of “Incestuous Amplification“
Even smart, flexible people can fall prey to incestuous amplification - when a closed group of people repeat the same things to each other.
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Greece: Building Solidarity and Post-Capitalist Production?
While SYRIZA has been the center of the Greece story in recent months, the continuing development of the solidarity economy, as well as the infusion of new technology, could …
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The Tyranny of Greece Over Germany
If Greece is driven out of the euro, it will be because Brussels and Frankfurt have chosen to hold the Greek banking system hostage.
No Impunity for Corporate Torturers at Abu Ghraib, Attorneys Argue
Al Shimari v. CACI International Inc. was filed in 2008 on behalf of four Iraqi men who were tortured at the so-called hard site at Abu Ghraib.
Too Big to Fail
To learn more about the five largest financial institutions and their effect on the US Financial System checkout the infographic created by New Jersey Institute of Technology.