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Economy

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Auditing the Fed Is a Terrible Idea
The Fed is there to manage money, not to make it. So what exactly would be audited?

“Makes Absolutely No Sense”: David Cay Johnston on Budget Deal That Helps Billionaires, Not the Poor
David Cay Johnston, an investigative reporter who won a Pulitzer Prize while at The New York Times. He is currently a columnist for Tax Analysts and Al Jazeera, as …

Statement by AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka on Budget Deal
It is shocking that Republicans have refused to include an extension of unemployment benefits in today's budget agreement.

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A Modest Proposal, 2014
We need to swallow this planet and everything in it in order to fulfill our human destiny.

Free Market Reflexes in Education
Anyone who has run a business realizes that what matters more is what you do with the workforce you have.

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“Liberalism Doesn’t Carry the Critique of Capitalism That Progressivism Does“
Why “neoliberals” are so different from “FDR liberals” and how the changing terms pertained to the free market.

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No Reason to Fret About France
France's sin is that of balancing its budget by raising taxes instead of slashing benefits.

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Media: Play Fair With Economic Reporting on Greece
The Greek government is projecting a return to growth in 2014, a forecast supported by the International Monetary Fund, but some mainstream media outlets are reporting one agency's forecast …

Walmart Seems Like a Deal, but Have You Crunched the Numbers?
Walmart seems like a deal, but have you crunched the numbers? A video interview by Ted Asregadoo.

Is Anyone Happy With the New Congressional Budget Deal?
With so much dissension among the GOP, you would think that would mean that progressives would find the budget something they could get on board with, but not everyone …