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Economy
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Socialism and Sports
The world of organized sports is a microcosm of corporations vs. workers and community. This meme can also be exploited to our benefit.
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Mondragón and the System Problem
The bankruptcy declaration of Mondragu00f3n Corporation's major subsidiary, Fagor Electrodomu00e9sticos Group, illustrates the need for large-scale cooperatives to go beyond competition in the existing economic system and begin to …
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Janet Yellen: The Economist’s Economist
Paul Krugman shares his thoughts on Janet Yellen for the Federal Reserve and the recipients of the 2013 Nobel Prize for economics.
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Stop the Cruelest Cuts!
Republicans would rather pad the wallets of the wealthy elite than put food on the tables of America's most needy and vulnerable.
Economic Update: Banks and Austerity
Updates on Goldman Sachs charity/PR, bank scandals, housing ‘recovery’ exposed, suicides rise in Kansas and a Benedictine Nun leading a new anti-austerity party in Catalonia.
Laura Gottesdiener: On Housing and Fighting Back Against Dreams Delayed
Stores like Walmart, Costco and Home Depot are providing financial products like mortgages and various loans.
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Astroturf Tramples Grassroots in Washington State GMO Labeling Battle
A look into the money pouring into Washington tells an anti-democratic tale of how a once-popular initiative is now statistically tied in the polls.
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America Was Once a Superpower – Now It’s Not
George Washington would be rolling over in his grave if he knew what President Obama was up to.
The Great American Ripoff: The High Cost of Low Taxes
The American people pay a similar amount for social services as citizens of European countries with supposedly lavish social safety nets.
The Story of Solutions
What if the goal of our economy wasn't more, but better?