Truthout
Economy
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Silver Linings in the 2012 Union Membership Figures?
Will Obama act? Time is running out for both the president and unions.
Financial Regulation and Cost Benefit Analysis for Whom?
Gerald Eptsein: Bloomberg News calls for a cost benefit analysis of financial regulations, but the question is, cost benefit for whom?
The American Lockdown State
The US has become a nation not of laws but of legal memos, not of legality but of legalisms.
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Does American Exceptionalism Foster American Decline?
The chauvinistic definition of exceptionalism has become common in the rhetoric of politicians.
“Shift Change”: Creating Economic Democracy Through Workplace Cooperatives
Worker cooperatives are living laboratories of democracy, and democracy is contagious.
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A Technological Drive Toward Driverless Cars
Robots built by robots are changing the entire relationship between capital and labor.
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America’s Faustian Deal with the Devil of War
“We've acquired our enormous wealth and power for the few, but the day when we must hand over our national soul is quickly approaching. ”
Tax Games and Redistributing Income Upward
Dean Baker on some of the latest regressive tax proposals.
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Noam Chomsky: The Paranoia of the Superrich and Superpowerful
David Barsamian interviews Noam Chomsky.
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Unemployment Edges Up to 7.9 Percent as Economy Adds 157,000 Jobs
Fiscal cliff concerns appear to have no impact whatsoever on hiring.