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Six Things You Should Know About the $21 Trillion the World’s Richest People Are Hiding in Tax Shelters
A new report from the Tax Justice Network found trillions of untaxed wealth that the world's richest people are hiding.
Spain Is Being Asked to Adopt Socially Burdensome and Economically Ineffective Measures
Spainu2019s problem is a general European problem. In 2010, it was running a high public deficit: at 9.3% of GDP, theyu2019re being asked to undertake the challenging task of …
Robert Pollin: Full Employment Is Possible!
The last time the US saw relatively full employment wasnu2019t in ancient history. It was at the end of the 1990s. We can do it. Pollin lays out how.
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A Wall Street Devil Gets Religion … and an Apt Epitaph
Hallelujah and Holy Smokes! Wall Street has had a
LIBOR – Insider Trading on a Massive Scale
Stephany Griffith-Jones: Major banks fixed interest rates to make short term profits and look stronger than they were.
A Democratic Country Should Put Public Education Before Corporate Profits
Schools are closing. Teachers are being laid off. State and local governments are cutting like crazy and Iowa Sen. Tom Harkin has released a report warning about the looming …
How the European Central Bank Came to Control the Fate of the World Economy
The ECB has the power to end the eurozone crisis. But it refuses to do so, in order to push a regressive political agenda.
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The Ubermensch Rises: Justice, Truth and Necessary Evil in “The Dark Knight Rises“
We can't rely on a hero to save us, nor count on an unjust system to miraculously transform itself. We must tear off the mask and take matters into …
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Democratic Party Supports Marriage Equality, and More
President Obama will likely become the first ever incumbent President to be outraised by his opponent in his re-election bid, On Monday, the Democratic Party platform drafting committee officially …
Election Countdown 2012: Corruption in the Political System, and More
In the immortal words of Michael Dukakis, u201cA fish rots from the head first.u201d Iu2019m terrified that the morals and ethics exhibited by the u201csavvy businessmenu201d who commit any …