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So-Called Fiscal Cliff Averted as Congress Begins New Fight over Spending on Social Welfare Programs
The bill lays the groundwork for future battles between Democrats and Republicans over decisions on federal spending and debt, when much of the focus is expected to be on …
Post-Shootings Rush to Legislate on Surveillance, Mental Health Is Dangerous
Why the law is not enough to protect our society from gun violence - or to protect criminalized people from violence and poverty.
Economic Update: Unemployment Analyzed
Updates on Marvins' "shared unemployment," $4 trillion profits hoarded by US corporations, and root issues of the "fiscal cliff." Discussion of solutions for unemployment. Responses to listeners: on pluses …
Fiscal Cliff: Going Nuclear and the Grand Betrayal
Bill Black: GOP threatens to use debt ceiling as leverage, creates conditions for more austerity measures by Obama.
The Fed Targets Unemployment With More Money for Banks
Robert Pollin: The Fed breaks ground with unemployment target but pushing more money into banks without requiring more lending won't solve the problem.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Stakes of So-Called “Fiscal Cliff” Just Got Higher, and More
ecretary of the Treasury Tim Geithner announced on Wednesday that the United States will hit its borrowing limit on December 31st.
Twenty-First Century Populism
The various present impediments to progressive reform are likely to foster a radicalized politics, a twenty-first century populism that promises individual fulfillment in the context of community.
Economists’ Statement on Health Care
We are economists who think that the economy should serve people, the planet and the future.
Postal Hunger Strike Over, Victory Declared
Five Postal workers completing a hunger strike in protest of a reduced work week broke their strike and declared a
Economic Update: People, Power and False Economics
Updates and discussion of pensions and guns, fiscal cliff, charitable tax deductions, Mondragon, the environment, and prison economics.