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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.
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The World’s 99% Knows Capitalism Is Failing and Believes That Change Is Possible
But to the young indignados and protestors elsewhere in the world, capitalism is failing to produce what was promised, but is delivering on what was not promised - inequality, …
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Another View: The Myth of the Postal Service’s Finances
The health of the Postal Service lies largely in the hands of Congress, which has made a tremendous accounting strategy error. The pre-payment strategy could bankrupt the post office …
Election Countdown 2012: Quebec Plagued by the Gangrenous Social Crisis of Law 78, and More
Daily countdown to the election, with links that keep you in the know!
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Fed Expected to Keep Twisting, but Will Markets Shout?
Faced with a wide range of signs warning of an economic slowdown, the Federal Reserve is expected to announce Wednesday that it will extend a controversial bond-buying program even …
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Public Workers Face New Rash of Layoffs, Hurting Recovery
Government payrolls grew in the early part of the recovery, largely because of federal stimulus measures. But since its postrecession peak in April 2009 (not counting temporary Census hiring), …
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In a Twist, Fed Stands Pat but Extends Twist
The Federal Reserve announced Wednesday itu2019d extend a controversial bond-buying program known as Operation Twist to help spark economic activity but gave only vague guidance about what kind of …
Joseph E. Stiglitz | The Price of Inequality
The American dream is a myth. There is less equality of opportunity in the United States today than there is in Europe u2013 or, indeed, in any advanced industrial …
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House Republican Budget Would Raise Taxes for Middle Class, Cut Them for Millionaires
Households earning more than $1 million a year could see a net tax cut of about $300,000 annually.