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Economy & Labor
The Post Tells Us the Economy Is SO Complicated
This story can be seen as an exemplary piece of blowing smoke reporting.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: In the US, Wealth Accumulation Outpacing Income, and More
In today's On the News segment: Wealth accumulation is outpacing income, which may be a sign of upcoming economic trouble, and more.
Economic Update: Capitalism, Inequality and Martin Luther King
This episode looks at Detroit's water shut-offs, corporations prioritizing profit at people's expense, US Senators making money, and more.
The Unmentionable Trade Deficit Doesn’t Appear Again
This is money that is creating demand elsewhere, not in the United States.
That Film About Money
What is the real value of a dollar? What do banks do with our deposits?
The Brick Wall of Poverty
I do not wish to be one of the people that many deem as someone who may fail simply because of their own failure to push themselves.
Keeping Faith in Democracy
“Democracy has been meant to remove the artificial constraints, poverty is the huge artificial constraint on human thought and action,” says author Marilynne Robinson.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: The US Is Number One in Violence, and More
In today's On the News segment: Violence is one of the only reasons the US finds itself at the top of any charts, and more.
Economic Update: Economic Realities
This episode covers updates on Walmart shifts medical insurance costs onto US, payday loans, US child poverty and Obama versus workers' needs.
Shifting Syria Threats
How do you assess disproportionate harm when this entire assault on Syria is disproportionate and premised on undefined threats?