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Economy

Leveling the Playing Field for Worker Cooperatives
Municipal and state governments as well as NGOs that support small or independent businesses are finally beginning to address what changes they need to make to support the creation …

The World Cup and “Brazil’s Dance With the Devil”
Just a year ago, there were mass protests in Brazil - on one day alone, more than a million demonstrators hit the streets - speaking out against the billions …

The Big Money Behind California’s Tenure Lawsuit
A bevy of venture capitalists, charter investors and Obama administration officials invested in the education reform agenda materialize as part of the swirling, multimillion-dollar brew of the Vergara lawsuit..

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Serious Voices Drown Out Sensible Ones in Europe
Paul Krugman: In recent years it has been a reliable rule that when important people reach a consensus about something, they're dead wrong.

Economic Update: Economic Codependency
Major discussions of a new book on China-US codependency and how and why our economic system works and breaks down.

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Why Koch-Funded “Generation Opportunity” Is a Big Zero for America’s Youth
Some of GenOpp's positions and statements may seem genuine, even logical, though a closer look reveals them to be desperately familiar to a more adult-like right wing playbook.

IMF Reviews International Financial Crises Solutions
Religious and development groups urge reforms to protect the poor.

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Recovery Denied
Growth and prosperity continue to go their separate ways.

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What’s the Role of Race in the New Economy Movement?
For the movement to succeed, it must be led by the dispossessed - those for whom the mainstream economy has never worked.

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Paul Krugman | Saving the Planet Won’t Kill the Economy
What we actually need is a change in the form of growth - and that's exactly the kind of thing markets are good at, if you get the prices …