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Fed Chair Signals Possible Policy Shift on Unemployment
Gerald Epstein discusses how Fed chair Janet Yellen's recent comments on bringing unemployment down could be positive but Fed policy still remains toothless in helping out working Americans.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Tens of Millions of Americans Struggle With Hunger, and More
In the richest nation on Earth, tens of millions of Americans are struggling to find enough to eat, and more.
The Rebirth of the West
Cultures flourish from time to time, just as plants and flowers do
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Not Nearly Enough: Why Bank of America Record $17 Billion Settlement Is a Rip-Off
BofA's punishment does not fit the crime.
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Poverty Is Not Inevitable: What We Can Do Now to Turn Things Around
Having poor people in the richest country in the world is a choice. We have the money to solve this. But do we have the will?
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Truth Has No Place in the Attack of Inflation Hawks
There is a growing push by inflation hawks to get the Federal Reserve Board to raise interest rates.
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Henry A. Giroux | The New Authoritarianism in an Age of Manufactured Crises
Important issues are buried in the fog of manufactured crises, designed to stir popular sentiment but actually legitimizing policies that benefit the wealthy and hurt working- and middle-class communities, …
Economic Update: From Ferguson to the Retirement Crisis
This episode covers inequality and growth and the economic lessons from Ferguson.
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The Perverse Politics of Alcohol
Corporations that profit from sales of alcohol politically maneuver to prevent more benign alternatives from being available to alcoholics.
TPP’s Threat to Buy American Act Adds More Congressional Opposition
283 House members oppose giving away Congressional role in approving Trans-Pacific Partnership over buy American threats, market access concerns and fast track opposition.