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Economic Update: What Price Capitalism?
Richard D. Wolff gives an economic update on big banks' manipulation of foreign exchange market; Ireland paying for bank bailouts; Big Pharma being guilty of ‘recklessly endangering health’; and …
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With Wins for De Blasio, Minimum Wage and Tea Party Losses, Voters Signal Rejection of Austerity
Election Day was held Tuesday, deciding state and local races across the country. In Virginia, former Democratic National Committee chair Terry McAuliffe was elected governor, defeating Tea Party-backed Ken …
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Nigeria Overtakes South Africa as Continent’s Largest Economy
Leonce Ndikumana: Nigeria revises economic data and will displace S.A. as Africa'u0092s largest economy.
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First Wall Street Criminal Confession in a Generation … Still No One in Jail
Bill Black: SAC Capital Advisors pleads guilty to insider trading, but owner Steven Cohen has yet to face criminal prosecution.
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Bill Moyers: Yves Smith and Dean Baker on Secrets in Trade
The Trans-Pacific Partnership is deliberately shrouded in secrecy, a trade deal powerful people, including President Obama, don't want you to know about.
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Support for Robin Hood Tax Growing, but Majority of Democrats Not on Board
Robin Hood tax supporters National Nurses United, economist Jeffrey Sachs, and European Parliament VP tell Congress to support “no brainer” tax on Wall Street.
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Out of the Mouths of Babes
My seven-year-old daughter’s new favorite song is, no joke, “Banks of Marble,” sung by Pete Seeger.
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Economic Update: Banks and Austerity
Updates on Goldman Sachs charity/PR, bank scandals, housing ‘recovery’ exposed, suicides rise in Kansas and a Benedictine Nun leading a new anti-austerity party in Catalonia.
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Laura Gottesdiener: On Housing and Fighting Back Against Dreams Delayed
Stores like Walmart, Costco and Home Depot are providing financial products like mortgages and various loans.
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The Story of Solutions
What if the goal of our economy wasn't more, but better?