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Economy
Did Citigroup Defraud Billions from US Ally Abu Dhabi?
Abu Dhabi has likely learned an important lesson about how Wall Street does business. An investigative report reveals the company's nasty dealings.
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Primal Outrage: Can Homo Sapiens Use Our Inherent “Inequity Aversion” to Topple the 1 Percent?
Humans are hardwired for deception, but we also share our primate cousins' predisposition to empathy and fairness.
The Myth That Japan Is Broke: The World’s Largest “Debtor” Is Now the World’s Largest Creditor
Japan's massive government debt conceals massive benefits for the Japanese people, with lessons for the US debt
Free Trade Lobby Brigade Deployed at DNC
The same kinds of corporations are involved with different configurations and with different names that have the same mission: to hijack the name of free trade to impose all …
The Apocalypse of the Teacher (The Book of the Great Divide)
J.H. Marten's masterful prose tells the story of teachers in this country, and the great divide that threatens education as a whole.
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Seven Ways to End the Deficit (Without Throwing Grandma Under the Bus)
A new study suggests that ending the deficit doesnu2019t have to hurt; John Cavanagh finds seven places where budget cuts can create a more just, more secure, and more …
Economic Update: The Complexities of Capitalist “Success”
Richard Wolff interviews Max Fraad-Wolff on Apple Corp's mixed picture as capitalist
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Can the Black Middle Class Survive: Obama Is in the Oval Office but the Black Bourgeoisie is Foundering
In 2008 Obama was elected president on the promise of hope and change. Four years later, the black middle class is still struggling in this economy looking for a …
Will Global Financialization and the Eurozone Debt Crisis Defeat European Cosmopolitan Democracy?
The EU has the potential to evolve from a collective of nation-states into something much greater, but the current austerity policies are moving it in the other direction.
Who Owns Detroit?
We Detroiters are now entering a period of turmoil that is quite different in character from the devastation of the last 40 years. The crisis we find ourselves in …