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Economy
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The Wall Street Pension Scam
Every contract for managing pension fund money should be posted on the web and show in plain language the exact fee structure.
The Financialization of Big Business
Costas Lapavitsas says that capitalists have learned how to make huge profits without producing anything useful.
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Why American Conservatives Are Suddenly Freaking Out About Guillotines
The most “revolutionary” thing Professor Piketty calls for in his best-sellling tome is a wealth tax, but our rich are very sensitive.
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The Cloud Is Not the Territory
The NSA has your data. Facebook has your data. Google has your data. By now these are familiar tropes in a familiar debate. Rarely in that debate, however, does …
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Hearing the *Ping* of Poverty – or Not
Steeped now as we are in a plutarchic imaginary, poverty is a ping that if you hear, you do not want to pursue.
Czars, Kings, and Presidents
ProPublica's columnist Jesse Eisinger describes the tendency to focus on Tim Geithner, while ignoring the role of the president.
Global Jubilee Movement Meets Pope Francis
Pope Francis welcomed members of the global Jubilee movement to the Vatican on Wednesday.
Has the United States’ Use of Finance as a Foreign Policy Tool Backfired?
The rapid rise of open corruption and the power of the United States' new oligarchs has laid waste to what little was left of this country's good name.
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The Long Reach of Euro Zone Propaganda
In reality, here is the full list of countries for whom the argument that fiscal irresponsibility led to the euro crisis makes any sense at all: Greece.
Economic Update: Fake Competition, Real Cooperation
Updates on evaluating privatization of public schools; engineers' class action against Apple, Google, Intel and Adobe; and how in the US, home ownership gives way to renting.