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Zen Over Zinn: Avoiding Unpleasant Truths With David Brooks
Letu2019s cut through Times columnist David Brooks' truth avoidance about the death of the American Dream.
Resume Put Hall of Fame
In general, if you become CEO of a big company, you're pretty much guaranteed lucrative employment for as long as you want it, regardless of your performance. This is …
Horse of a Different Color
Here's the completed outpouring of my emotions that will never really be complete.
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Privacy as the New Free-Trade Zone of Corporate Exploitation
Should we feel just as violated and outraged being surveilled online as we would if police came bursting through our doors and ransacked our homes to gain data about …
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Canadian Postal Workers Battle to Save Door-to-Door Delivery
The surprise announcement hit us December 11: Canada Post plans to phase out door-to-door delivery and hike postage rates.
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Defining What We Stand For
This week, we re-launched It's Our Economy, a project dedicated to reporting on and assisting the growing movement for economic democracy.
Is Obamacare Bad News for the “It’s Hard to Find Good Help” Crowd?
Dean Baker: Obamacare might be the best news on the wage front that most workers have seen for some time.
Europe’s Failed Mission Facilitated by Mr. Barroso & Co.
Current European politics is infused with laissez-faire economic ideology despite this orientation's lack of legitimacy given the absence of a meaningful democratic debate on the subject in recent years.
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Fix the Debt’s Last Harrumph
Last week, the House voted to raise the government's borrowing limit until March 2015 without any conditions.
New Report: Obama Administration’s TPP Trade Officials Received Hefty Bonuses From Big Banks
New Report by Lee Fang Highlights How Proposed Trade Deal is a Sweetheart Deal for Wall Street and Way around Financial Reforms.