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Bill Moyers: Too Big to Fail and Getting Bigger
In Washington, DC, a bipartisan effort is underway to chip away at the 2010 Dodd-Frank financial reform law, which is supposed to prevent the type of economic meltdown that …
Robert Johnson: Has Capitalism Lost the Ability to Reform Itself?
Capitalism is not rebalancing; the yearnings and desires of large portions of society are not being responded to.
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Doing for the Poor and Doing to the Poor
When the overall unemployment rate goes up, the rate for the less-educated and minorities rises even more.
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The Many Pipelines That Pump Up Our Wealth
Apologists for our current economic order blame wage stagnation on technological change - or workers themselves.
Dead Economic Dogmas Trump Recovery: The Continuing Crisis in the Eurozone Periphery
In the EU, policymakers have raised hypocrisy to an even higher level.
Black Co-ops Were a Method of Economic Survival
Jessica Gordon Nembhard discusses economic alternatives, cooperation and solidarity.
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Does Feminism Have a Class Problem?
There is little reason to have faith that Sheryl Sandberg-style “trickle-down” feminism will benefit the masses any more than its economic equivalent has.
How We Broke the Bank of England
Robert Johnson says, "I used to tell my dad, if I'm fortunate enough to see St. Peter and get through the gate, I'm not going to get in because …
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What Happens When the Tea Party Goes to Washington
Dave Brat wants to bring libertarian economics to the US, and double-down on 34 miserable years of Reaganomics.
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Cancer Care in the U.S – Achilles Heel of a Profit-Driven System
Care of cancer in this country is outpacing other health care problems and is already pricing itself beyond the reach of many Americans.