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Economy
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Shipping Delays Prove That Sometimes a Glitch Is Just a Glitch
Right wing pundits were quick to pundits were quick to condemn HealthCare.gov's technical problems, but none of these people made similar claims about UPS or Amazon shortcomings.
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The Pacific Trade Pact Is Big, but Is It a Huge Deal?
Paul Krugman explains why he has a hard time finding the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal especially important.
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Gaming the System: The Relevance of The Hunger Games
As The Hunger Games trilogy gains popularity, its themes of class inequality, poverty, class warfare and oppression gain prominence across the globe.
Economic Update: The Trend to Inequality
Richard D. Wolff discusses conservative inequality denials, the significance of “productivity” statistics, and more.
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Paul Krugman: In Economics, Old Is New Again
Paul Krugman: We don't seem to need different economics as much as we need different economists.
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Public Sector Unions Win When They Preach “Tax the Rich“
Washington's much-hyped federal budget deal offers little relief for public employees.
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Jobs or Inequality? That’s No Choice at All
An increasing number of people have suggested that inequality of wealth and opportunity is the defining issue of our time.
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NAFTA: 20 Years of Regret for Mexico
Mexico's growth has been weak since the ‘free trade’ deal was signed, and it missed out on the region's poverty reduction.
NAFTA at 20: Lori Wallach on US Job Losses, Record Income Inequality, Mass Displacement in Mexico
Democracy Now! speaks to Lori Wallach, director of Public Citizen's Global Trade Watch and author of the new report, “NAFTA at 20.”
By Pushing the TPP, Obama Is Repeating the Mistakes of NAFTA
David Bacon: Obama's push for the Trans-Pacific Partnership demonstrates his 2008 campaign pledge to oppose NAFTA-style free trade agreements was just lip service.