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Economy
Is the US Headed Toward Another Recession?
Economists Dean Baker from CEPR and Robert Pollin from PERI say that the US economy remains weak 5 years after the recession despite recent job growth, due to low …
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Ukraine’s IMF Agreement Could Worsen the Country’s Problems
After two years of almost no economic growth, the IMF is now projecting a steep recession for this year, with the economy shrinking by 5 percent.
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Paul Krugman | The Unlucky Unemployed
The association between worker quality and unemployment should be much stronger in a good economy than in a bad economy.
Economic Update: Economic Side Effects
Updates on: Walmart's Mexican bribes; car loans turning bad; state taxes; and more.
Anonymous Shell Companies Are Part of the Problem, Too: Often Used to Inject Dark Money Into Campaigns
The Judiciary Committee is holding hearings in the wake of two recent Supreme Court decisions, McCutcheon v. Federal Election Commission and Citizens United, both of which have unleashed a …
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New ITPI Report: Privatization Triggers “Alarming Race to the Bottom” for Middle Class, Community Services
Case studies from across America show how outsourcing public services forces taxpayers to widen income inequality, lower quality of services in their own communities.
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Piketty’s Exploration of Modern Capital
Despite some predictable griping from the Right, Thomas Piketty's “Capital in the 21st Century” has reinforced the case that Western societies u2013 and especially America u2013 are concentrating wealth …
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Medicare Overpays Billions for Office Visits, Patient Evaluations
The findings by the inspector general of the US Department of Health and Human Services complement a recent review that found many doctors bill for services very differently than …
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Class Segregation and the Housing Market
There are many forms of discrimination, but one that Americans seem to have a high tolerance for is that based on class.
Why Don’t the Unemployed Get Off Their Couches? And Eight Other Critical Questions for Americans
As the United States slips from its status as the globe's number one economic power, small numbers of Americans continue to amass staggering amounts of wealth, while simultaneously inequality …