Truthout
Economy
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The Real Numbers: Half of America in Poverty — and It’s Creeping Upward
The Census Bureau has reported that one out of six Americans lives in poverty. But it's actually much worse.
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What’s Wrong With Jamie Dimon Is What’s Wrong With America
The Jamie Dimon story shows that something more fundamental needs repair u2013 in our economy, in our society, in us.
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Is Jamie Dimon Really Out of the Woods With Shareholder Thumbs Down on Splitting CEO/Chairman Roles?
Having weak parts of the JP Morgan operation subject to tougher board oversight is a far cry from having an independent chairman, but it is still a clipping of …
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It’s Not Just One Bad “Apple“
Two charts show that beyond Apple there are plenty more American companies that continue to increase their offshore holdings.
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Excel Spreadsheet Error: Lessons from the Reinhart-Rogoff Controversy
Baker explains why the silly spreadsheet error was important for the debt debate controversy: it allowed for a real debate.
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Consumerism and Its Discontents
The US millennial generation and their elders are wrestling with the fundamental edict of capitalism: Buy and you shall be happy.
How Many Rotting Apples Do Our Hedges Hide?
High-profile prosecutions only hint at the crime and ethical misbehavior rampant in America's most rewarding high-finance suites.
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The End of the Beginning of the End
William Rivers Pitt: The noose is tightening around the necks of average people, and more become radicalized with each passing day.
Interview: The Women Who Rewrote Cambodian Law – and the Men Who Censored Them
Anne Elizabeth Moore shares her insights into working with, and writing about, a new generation of courageous Cambodian women as well as the white men who seek to protect …
Economic Update: A Journalist’s Perspective
Updates on changing US retirement ages, Pope Francis's anti-capitalism, inequality inside countries, unionists march in Rome.