Truthout
Economy
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Europe Should Fear Depression More Than Debt
Actual inflation in Europe is falling and the recovery has stalled. By the time the downward spiral becomes undeniable it may well be irreversible.
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Is Comcast the Worst Company in America?
A firm so horrendous, the very mention of its name causes body tremors.
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Investors Haul in Nearly Half the Tobacco Settlement Cash
Tobacco bondholders are due $2.6 billion of the $6 billion in this year's payouts to state and local governments from Big Tobacco.
“Workers Are Constantly on the Edge of the Knife“
Rep. George Miller talks about the inequities associated with just-in-time scheduling, especially problematic for the 7.5 million part-time workers who say they wish to have full-time positions.
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Reconceiving Change in the Age of Parasitic Capitalism
Massive economic damage and human suffering resulting from the 2008 financial crisis continue unabated while the implications of this crisis continue to elude us.
David Harvey and Gar Alperovitz on Cooperation and Capitalism
David Harvey and Gar Alperovitz dig into the failure of capitalism, the hope presented by worker co-ops, and what activists fighting for a just economy must do to get …
An Economic Hit Man Speaks Out: John Perkins on How Greece Has Fallen Victim to “Economic Hit Men“
John Perkins, author of “Confessions of an Economic Hit Man,” discusses how Greece and other eurozone countries have become the new victims of “economic hit men.”
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.