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The Sharing Economy Is Booming in Helsinki: Here’s Why
Today's sharing scene in Helsinki is the product of a strange alchemy between an excellent education system and high rates of unemployment.
Invisible Workers, Laboring in the Shadows
Millions of people around the world work in jobs that aren't formally recognized or afforded legal protections typical of wage earning jobs.
What the Steve Jobs Movie Won’t Tell You About Apple’s Success
Public funding behind the technology is the secret ingredient.
We’re Asking the Wrong Question About the Debt Ceiling
Just in time for Halloween, the specter of a nation-paralyzing debt crisis threatens to rise once again from the crypt of bad ideas.
Economic Update: Teaching High School Economics
This episode provides updates on abuse of tax havens, and more.
Bipartisan Budget Deal Averts Devastating Cuts but Lets Pentagon Sidestep Caps
If the budget deal is approved, a new Pentagon slush fund would enable the military budget to rise even further above legislated caps.
With Boehner Gone, Nothing Stands Between Wall Street and the Tea Party Disaster It Created
As a friend of big business and guard against the Tea Party fringe, House Speaker John Boehner will be missed by Wall Street.
The Threat of Extreme Inequality
The people who brought you the financial crisis are trying to buy the chance to do it all over again.
Why Slower Money Is the Key to a Real Economic Recovery
New organizations are financing businesses in a way that creates real wealth. Here's how they can challenge Wall Street.
Is Bernie Sanders Dangerous to Socialism?
The presidential candidate falsely equates liberal, social democratic institutions, like Social Security, with socialism.