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Economy
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Paul Krugman: Beyond Fiscal Cliff, an Austerity Bomb
Paul Krugman: The phrase austerity bomb is a much better term than fiscal cliff to describe what's scheduled to happen at the end of the year.
Economic Update: Worker’s Self-Directed Enterprises
Richard D. Wolff: Worker self-direction is a solution for the bankrupt Hostess bakery.
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Why Is the White House’s Council of Economic Advisers Helping the Republicans?
Why is the White House trying to scare average people about the consequences of the fiscal cliff?
The Fiscal Cliff Is an Artificial Crisis
Michael Hudson: Fiscal cliff was manufactured to shift more of the burden of the crisis onto ordinary people.
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If the Budget Debate Had a Nate Silver
Dean Baker: Suppose that we had someone focused on actual data involved in the budget debate instead of silly rhetoric?
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The People Bail Out the People
In canceling the debt, the Strike Debt team is taking advantage of a fairly common banking practice.
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Independent Publisher Chelsea Green Flourishing as Employee-Owned Company
Publisher of books on sustainability walks the walk, turns ownership over to its workers.
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The Missing Living Wage Agenda
There is a 30-year backlog of policies to fix the extreme maldistribution of wages and opportunity in the labor market.
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Party of Entitled Rich Threatens Economy
Eighty CEOs have ponied up $37 million to make sure the so-called fiscal cliff problem is resolved their way.
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Americans Want Leadership Now on Real Cliffs: Jobs and Human Survival
We need to drop the 'fiscal cliff' politicking and tell the truth about our poor economy and climate change.