Truthout
Economy

Economic Update: Corporations Are the Problem
This episode covers Market Basket workers' recent victory, top paid asset managers, Chipotle's gross inequality, Montreal corruption and the Russia/China economic alliance.

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Scottish Independence: Now Is the Time
We are all citizens of the world now.

UN Votes for Process to Enact Bankruptcy Treaty and Stop Vulture Funds
United States and ten other countries vote against super majority.

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Solutions to Low Wage Growth, Long-Term Unemployment Rejected by Global Elite
It is vital to understand that high unemployment and low wage growth are solvable problems. But powerful and well placed people believe it is in their interest to keep …

Think Tanks as Lobbyists: US Groups Receive Millions to Push Foreign Nations’ Agendas
An expose reveals more than a dozen prominent Washington research groups have received tens of millions of dollars from foreign governments in recent years while pushing US government officials.

Historic US Senate Vote; Democracy for All Amendment Is Common Sense
The promise of American democracy is colliding with the unpleasant reality of an emerging American plutocracy.

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What is the True Poverty Rate in America?
Poverty, especially if you're born into it, can be difficult to escape.

Preparing to Asset-Strip Local Government? The Fed’s Bizarre New Rules
The Federal Reserve, along with the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, just changed the liquidity requirements for the nation's largest banks.

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The Inflation Fighters Want to Increase the Debt Burden on Our Children
If the people calling on the Fed to raise interest rates get their way, they will add trillions of dollars to the debt burden borne by our children and …

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Pace of Job Growth Slows Further in August
The EPOP for college grads has fallen by 0.6 percentage points over the last year.