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The Dirt on Erskine Bowles: The Tame Half of Bowles-Simpson
While Bowles may be able to control his temper and his vocabulary better than Simpson, those are not credentials for dictating the future of the Social Security and Medicare …
After Five Years: Report Card on Crisis Capitalism
After five years of crisis - with no end in sight - it's time to evaluate what happened, why and what needs to be done.
A New Europe: Growing Beyond Growth for True Democracy
u201cGrowthu201d is, once again, the buzzword of the moment among Europeu2019s politicians, thanks to Francoise Hollande, the milquetoast Socialist recently elected to succeed Nicolas Sarkozy as President of France.
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Nonprofit Groups Shield Millions in Political Gifts From Big Business
Two years after the Supreme Courtu2019s Citizens United decision opened the door for corporate spending on elections, relatively little money has flowed from company treasuries into u201csuper PACs,u201d which …
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The Money Manager
You can conduct byzantine transactions through opaque investment accounts and private corporations in offshore tax havens such as Bermuda and the Cayman Islands. Or you can credibly run for …
Job Insecurity: It’s the Disease of the 21st Century, and It’s Killing Us
A massive, Xanax-fueled public health crisis driven by chronic employment worry is headed our way.
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Major Church’s Near Move to Divest Signals Beginning of the End for Status Quo in Israel
The vote in the 1.9 million member Presbyterian church didn't pass, but it shows that middle America is increasingly against the occupation.
Economic Update: Banks, Banksters and Crisis Finance
On Economic Update Professor Richard Wolff and guests discuss the current state of the economy, both locally and globally in relation to the economic crisis. This episode contains updates …
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Five Ways Republicans Have Sabotaged Job Growth
Republican intransigence on economic policy has been a key contributor to the sluggish recovery.
Economy Adds 80,000 Jobs in June; Unemployment Steady at 8.2 Percent
Men have gotten all new jobs in retail over the last 2.5 years.