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As Frac Sand Mining Expands, Community Activists Face Off Against Companies
It is up to Wisconsin communities to fight off powerful interests in frac sand mining.
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How Cuba Is Using Cooperatives to Decentralize Its Economy
With the recent announcement that the US will normalize relations with Cuba, change is in the air for the island country.
Putting $7 Trillion of Notional Value of Derivatives in Taxpayer-Backstopped Depositaries Will Cost Zero
why did Elizabeth Warren lose her battle to stop banks from parking $7 trillion notional value of risky derivatives in taxpayer-backstopped depositaries?
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Policing Economic Jargon
Jargon has its own dangers, most notably the dangers that it will be used in aid of pomposity.
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Dean Baker | Idea for Tackling Inequality Number 27,653: Stop Subsidizing It
Maybe we can get the government to stop subsidizing the high salaries of the people who have pointless conferences on reducing inequality.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: New Rule Change in the House Centers on Failed Policies of Reaganomics, and More
In today's On the News segment: Republicans know that trickle-down economics is no longer an easy sell, so they've wrapped up those bad policies into a new package, and …
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Black Wealth Matters
For generations, white households have enjoyed far greater access to wealth and security than their black counterparts.
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Why Are We Afraid of Naming and Confronting Capitalism?
Why is it that many of us will openly and forcefully critique “classism” but enthusiastically shy away from condemning capitalism in the same way?
Greg Palast: Greece Is a Crime Scene, and Vulture Funds Are to Blame
Investigative reporter Greg Palast discusses “vulture funds,” the eurozone and alternative solutions for Greece's economy.
Welcome to the European Hunger Games, Brought to You by Mainstream Economics
As a virulent strain of austerity capitalism takes over Europe, leaving shattered lives in its shadow, these researchers consider how things got so bad.