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Economy

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Ralph Nader: Occupy the Minimum Wage and Impact the Election
Protesters stage a demonstration outside the campaign offices of Rep. MicheÂle BachmÂann, in Urbandale, Iowa, December 31, 2011. (Photo: Eric Thayer / The New York Times) The …

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Why Inequality Matters: Three Ways the Mortgage Crisis Has Undermined Our Legal System
For several years, I have been writing that extreme economic inequality is among the most destructive forces in a society. As inequality grows, it undermines the effective functioning of …

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The Census Perpetuates “Leave It to Beaver” Gender Roles
Anyone who knows me will be shocked to hear that I may agree with Rick Santorum on something. But while he was in the midst of ranting against radical …

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Desperate Fantasy: Can Jeb Bush Save the GOP?
Jeb Bush, former Florida governor, walks through the State Capitol in St. Paul, Minn., April 26, 2011. (Photo: Jenn Ackerman / The New York Times) Rumors and …

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Does College Make Us Less Equipped to Change the World?
In this great meritocracy of ours, those of us who’ve made it through college are encouraged to feel like we’re something special. And it’s no doubt true that a …

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Cash of the Titans: Against the Noxious Fantasy of Limitless Growth
The concept of endless economic growth, accepted as sacrosanct by both U.S. mainstream political parties, and internalized as the dominant mode of mind by the general population of the …

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Debt of Gratitude: Less Earning, More Learning
I’d like to share a story, a personal story, a common story, an American story. For nearly two decades, I have carried the burden of a crushing student loan …

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Neither Stimulus Nor Austerity Will Solve This Crisis: A Third Way?
(Photo: b.e.n. / Flickr) Few subjects have so bitterly divided our insecure times than the double-edged saber of stimulus vs. austerity. Consensus over which course will lift …

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Cooperatives Over Corporations
(Photo: Tara Herberger / Flickr) We're being told by today's High Priests of Conventional Wisdom that everyone and everything in our economic cosmos necessarily revolves around one dazzling …

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Why the Banks Are Too Big to Jail
A Bank of America building in San Francisco. (Photo: Michele Ursino / Flickr) Washington, DC - Among the fundamental principles of any functioning justice system is …