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Economy & Labor
Telling Billionaires What They Want to Hear
There is a lavishly funded ecosystem of billionaire-financed think tanks and media outlets that provides a comfortable cushion for politicians and pundits who tell such people what they want …
Celebrating the Flash Crash With a Wall Street Sales Tax
This week marks the fifth anniversary of the flash crash. There was no event in the world that triggered the plunge.
Basic Income and the Anti-Slavery Movement
Unconditional basic income is not only feasible, but it also has more emancipatory potential than any other single policy.
Kansas Waitress to Right-Wingers: Tip the School System
What's happening in Kansas is shocking, but it shouldn't be surprising.
Ralph Nader on Bernie Sanders, the TPP “Corporate Coup” and Writing to the White House
As independent Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont announces his bid for the Democratic presidential nomination, we speak to former presidential candidate Ralph Nader.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: It’s Effectively a Crime to Be Poor in the US, and More
In today's On the News segment: Debtors prisons have been outlawed for more than a century, yet it's still effectively a crime to be poor in our country; the …
Economic Update: Capitalism’s Other Side
This episode provides updates on May Day, and more.
Is the Local Economy Too Local? Why Co-ops and Credit Unions Need a Broader Strategy
Gar Alperovitz calls it a “checkerboard strategy.”
Wall Street Banks on Buying the Democrats’ Love
Big Money is threatening to withhold campaign donations unless liberal politicians get “friendlier.”
Mega, Giga, Tera: Inside the Biggest Investment Boom in History
Trillion-dollar mega-projects point to a global consensus that threatens to widen the wealth gap.