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The Regulation Monster
The regulation monster is composed of the mounds of bureaucratic paperwork and red tape that strangles businesses.
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Obama Campaign Attacks Romney’s Bain Outsourcing, But Support for Outsourcing is Bipartisan Corruption
The Obama campaign just released a campaign commercial talking about how Mitt Romney, while working at Bain Capital, oversaw the outsourcing of Americans jobs to China and Mexico. The …
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Coinstar: Or, Why the Poor Gamble
But June 2, a month later u2014 with gas prices and all u2014 it would be only enough for mac u2018nu2019 cheese and a quart of Old Mil. …
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Suppressing Democracy 101
Both major political parties have been guilty in the past of rejecting democratic values in order to give their partyu2019s candidates an advantage. Now the right to vote is …
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Economic Update: The Economics of Pornography
Updates on end of weak
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Farm Bill Passes US Senate
The farm bill S. 3240, passed the U.S. Senate on June 21. The bill, which is renewed approximately every five years, dictates congressional spending on not only farm issues …
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Greeks Cast Ballots, Spain Gets a Bailout, Yet Nothing Changes
So the governing coalition in Greece pulled out a narrow victory Sunday, but getting a narrow majority in the parliament thanks to a 50-seat bonus the New Democracy party …
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Moody’s Cuts Credit Ratings of 15 Big Banks
The credit downgrades could do more damage to their bottom lines and further unsettle equity markets.
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Election Countdown 2012: Florida Agrees on Tuition Hike for State Universities, and More
Daily countdown to the election, with links that keep you in the know!
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Paul Krugman | Welcome to the 1930s
Financial powers, at home and abroad, are sinking us into the flawed economic ideals of the 1930s.