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Moody’s Playing Dangerous Games With Public Pension Funds
Moody's announced plans to change the way they treat pension obligations in assessing state and local government debt.
Economic Update: Mayday and Labor
Updates on Bangladesh tragedy, drug price gouging, CEO pay and OSHA; discussion of labor strategy then and now; comments on markets, private property and scapegoating government.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: New Report Charts Capitalism’s Cancerous Spread Into Social Programs, and More
In today's On the News segment: The National Rifle Association's new president will lead the charge against new stricter gun laws in several states, and more.
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Who’s Murdering Small Business in America?
The decline in college graduates becoming entrepreneurs and small business owners is partially to blame for the meteoric demise of small businesses in America today.
CEOs Pushing Austerity Enjoy Taxpayer-Subsidized Pay
New report shows that while u2018Fix the Debtu2019 executives call for cuts to Social Security, Medicaid, and more, they continue to benefit from subsidized pay.
Hypocrites With Fat Wallets: CEOs Want It All
Sam Pizzigati: CEOs are running up the federal debt purely to enrich themselves.
From Bad Jobs to Good Jobs
What happened to the good jobs? And what does it take to get them back?
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Zero Manufacturing Jobs Added. Zero.
What do we need to do to boost our manufacturing sector, bringing better-paying jobs and the jobs that support manufacturing?
Secret “Free Trade” Negotiations Will Gut Regulations, Further Enrich Multinationals and Big Financial Firms
One of the most disturbing aspects of both negotiations is that they are being held in secretu2026.secret, that is, if you are anybody other that a big US multinational …
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The Political Roots of American Obesity
Doctor of Oriental medicine E. Douglas Kihn argues that the squeezing of the American worker, starting under the Reagan Administration, has created a worried, hurried population succumbing to