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A Failure Analysis of the US Economy
An engineer analyzes the US economy in several aspects, including consumer and national debt; free trade versus fair trade; and economic reforms, proposing recommendations for the failing economy.
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Lords of Disorder: Billions for Wall Street, Sacrifice for Everyone Else
Richard Eskow: We're demanding sacrifice from the middle class - pretty much everybody, in fact, who isn't too big to fail.
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Five Reasons the Keystone Pipeline is Bad for the Economy
The American labor movement is once again facing a most controversial issue — the construction of the Keystone XL pipeline. While the KXL debate has largely centered around the …
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Automatic Spending Cuts Set to Start After Congress Fails to Act
Obama is expected to sign a directive ordering to start putting spending cuts into effect.
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I Became an Orthodoxy, All on My Own
Paul Krugman: I guess I'm such a big guy that I'm an orthodoxy all by myself.
Billionaires for Austerity: With Cuts Looming, Wall Street Roots of “Fix the Debt” Campaign Exposed
A new investigation reveals how billionaire investors, such as Peter Peterson, have helped reshape the national debate on the economy, the debt and social spending.
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Paul Krugman | The Perils of Hoarding Cash
Corporations are taking a much bigger slice of total income, and are showing little inclination to invest it.
Our Food Is Being Hijacked by Monopolizing Corporations
Wenonah Hauter argues for the restructuring of the food system, from the farm to the dinner plate.
GM Seeds and the Militarization of Food – and Everything Else
Indian physicist and philosopher, activist and ecofeminist pioneer Vandana Shiva talks with Truthout in Hawaii about GMO, the militarization of agriculture, the politics of occupation and the primacy of …
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Italian Voters Are Fed Up With Austerity
In today's On the News segment: BP trial begins, Republicans have yet another anti-worker tactic up their sleeve, and more.