Truthout
Economy
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Calvin and Jobs: Why the Right Hates (but Still Needs) Social Welfare
Calvinism's embrace of wealth as a sign of divine election lives on in the red state/blue state religious and social welfare divides.
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Political Corruption and Capitalism
Corruption is endemic to the capitalist system and has not been successfully regulated away. Perhaps a system change is warranted, suggests Richard D Wolff.
Everything the Big Banks Don’t Want You to Know
In this episode we put on our rubber gloves and dive into it.
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Sustainability Squared
How we can sustain both the environment and the people.
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Obama’s Aversion to Income Inequality Doesn’t Extend to TPP
President Obama touted his fight against income inequality, but his administration is fast-tracking a trade agreement predicted to cut pay for 90 percent of American workers.
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Advice to Plutocrat Perkins: Time to Shut Up!
Venture capitalist Tom Perkins went on Bloomberg TV to apologize for using the word “Kristallnacht.”
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Enough Is Enough: Fraud-Ridden Banks Are Not LA’s Only Option
What if there is an alternative that would not only save the city money but would be a safer place to deposit its funds than in Wall Street banks?
The American Dream Can Be a Dead End, Especially If You Grow Up in the “Wrong Place“
There's one America where dreams can come true, and another where they tend to fizzle.
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What Happens When Opportunities Are Lost
Paul Krugman: “The underlying story of Appalachia is in fact one of declining opportunity.”
Economic Update: Myths of Economic Recovery
A North Carolina company was sold to its 320 workers; India enables cheap substitutes for overpriced drugs; updates on US union membership in 2013; the myth of returning manufacturing …