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Billionaires for Austerity: With Cuts Looming, Wall Street Roots of “Fix the Debt” Campaign Exposed
A new investigation reveals how billionaire investors, such as Peter Peterson, have helped reshape the national debate on the economy, the debt and social spending.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Italian Voters Are Fed Up With Austerity
In today's On the News segment: BP trial begins, Republicans have yet another anti-worker tactic up their sleeve, and more.
Sequestration Budget Cuts Will Deepen Recession – Both Parties Reject Stimulus
James Heintz: President Obama and GOP focus on budget cutting instead of creating more employment.
Profit, Austerity and Criticizing the System
On Economic Update with Professor Richard Wolff, Wolff and guests will discuss the current state of the economy, both locally and globally in relation to the economic crisis.
Richard Wolff on Fighting for Economic Justice and Fair Wages
Richard Wolff joins Bill to discuss the fight for economic justice, including a fair minimum wage.
Sequestration: What Do the Automatic Spending Cuts Mean for the Poor, Unemployed and Children?
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On the News With Thom Hartmann: New Orleans Judge Reduces BP’s Liability, and More
A week before BP's civil trial for the 2010 Gulf oil disaster, a district judge in New Orleans just reduced the company's liability by $3.4 billion.
Will a Higher Minimum Wage Cost Jobs?
Bob Pollin on the theory that a higher minimum wage will reduce jobs available to young people entering the work force and won't reduce poverty.
W.E.B. Du Bois vs. Booker T. Washington – Then and Now
Anthony Monteiro : Feb. 23, 2013 is the 145th anniversary of the birth of Du Bois, considered a founder of the civil rights movement and father of Pan Africanism.
Ecuador Chooses Stimulus over Austerity
As Ecuador votes for new president, the stimulus policies of current president Correa have kept Ecuador out of recession.