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Economic Update: Economic Side Effects
Updates on: Walmart's Mexican bribes; car loans turning bad; state taxes; and more.

Ex-Counterterrorism Czar Richard Clarke: Bush, Cheney and Rumsfeld Committed War Crimes
Richard Clarke, the nation's former top counterterrorism official, says he believes President George W. Bush is guilty of war crimes for launching the 2003 invasion of Iraq.

On the News With Thom Hartmann: Corporations Have Almost Erased Workers’ Rights in the US, and More
According to data from the International Trade Union Confederation, it appears that corporations have almost completely destroyed workers' rights in the US, and more.

Confronting Financialization on Steroids
Costas Lapavitsas says we must deeply reverse financialization and take on private ownership of banking and other critical sectors.

Fast Food Workers’ Movement: Union 2.0
With the support of America's second largest union SEIU, the fast food workers' $15 wage movement has grown, and this unorganized workforce of the past is shaping up to …

On the News With Thom Hartmann: House Republicans Are Blocking the Pentagon From Taking Action on Climate Change, and More
Republicans in the House of Representatives are not only denying climate science - they're actually blocking the Pentagon from taking any action on it, and more.

“Black Women’s Blueprint” Helps Low-Income Women Get By, Through Bartering
The Black Women's Blueprint is a group that now anchors a bartering network, savings pool and several other cooperative projects.

Thomas Piketty: The Market and Private Property Should Be the Slaves of Democracy
Lynn Fries hosts an extended interview with Thomas Piketty about his widely acclaimed “Capital in the 21st Century.”

Financialization and the Collapse of European Social Democracy
Costas Lapavitsas says Greece will face the choice between socialism or fascism.

Joseph E. Stiglitz: Let’s Stop Subsidizing Tax Dodgers
A new report by Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph E. Stiglitz suggests that cracking down on corporate tax dodgers could be a cure for inequality.