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Economy
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Free Trade or Democracy, Can’t Have Both
Recent stories about the conditions of Apple's contractors in China have opened many people's eyes about where our jobs, factories, industries and economy have been going, and why. The …
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Was Occupy’s “Shut Down the Corporations” Action a Success?
The Occupy movement's national day of action — “Shut Down the Corporations” — is a difficult action to assess. Was the action a success or a failure? The first …
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Labor’s Fight Is Our Fight
Unions have been fighting the 1% vs 99% fight for more than 100 years. Now the rest of us are learning that this fight is also OUR fight. The …
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Witnessing the Death of the Republican Party
A week ago, Rick Santorum looked as though he might give Mitt Romney a thrashing in the Michigan primary, which would have unleashed a wave of grim assessments of …
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Bye Bye American Pie: The Challenge of the Productivity Revolution
Here’s the good news. The economic pie is growing again. Growth in the 4th quarter last year hit 3 percent on an annualized rate. That’s respectable – although still …
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Auto Industry
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The Opposite of Snobbery
Say what you will about this era's Republican presidential candidates; they at least have chutzpah. Millionaire blue-blood George W. Bush pretended to be a down-home cowboy. Two-time divorcee and …
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The Danger of Mitt Being Mitt
Washington - Political consultants tell candidates to be authentic — to “be yourself.” In Mitt Romney's case, that might not be such good advice. Once again, for what seems …
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What Will Snowe Leave Behind?
Senator Olympia Snowe (R-ME). (Photo: Philip Scott Andrews / The New York Times) Yesterday, Sen. Olympia Snowe announced that she has decided not to seek re-election in …
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The Sociology of Economics: Rational People, Irrational Decisions
Gloria Bateman signs up a new client for food-stamp assistance at the Lebanon Food Pantry in Lebanon, Ohio. (Photo: Stephen Crowley / The New York Times) David …