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In the US, an Insecure Economy Needs a Stronger Safety Net
Staff at the Boeing factory in Everett, Washington, working on the company’s new 787 Dreamliner jets earlier this year. (Photo: Stuart Isett / The New York Times)Looking at The …
Why the Fiscal Cliff Is a Scam
The fiscal cliff is a scam - so says Professor James K. Galbraith.
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Paul Krugman: Beyond Fiscal Cliff, an Austerity Bomb
Paul Krugman: The phrase austerity bomb is a much better term than fiscal cliff to describe what's scheduled to happen at the end of the year.
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Americans Want Leadership Now on Real Cliffs: Jobs and Human Survival
We need to drop the 'fiscal cliff' politicking and tell the truth about our poor economy and climate change.
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Want to Help Small Businesses? Bring on Taxmageddon
Small Business Majority sees silver lining in letting tax cuts expire.
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Beleaguered Europe, Back in the Spotlight
Paul Krugman: Unemployment is rising fast, and at some point the strain will just be too much to take.
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Elites Will Make Gazans of Us All
Militarization is increasingly the sole method the global 1 percent favors to create and protect its excessive wealth.
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Paul Krugman | The GOP’s Privatization Pathology
Paul Krugman: When it comes to the GOP's ideas about privatizing basic public services, thereu2019s something pathological going on.
General Strike Sweeps Europe as Millions Reject Austerity
Spanish and Portuguese workers are coordinating their strike with work stoppages underway in Greece, Italy, France and Belgium.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Spanish Bank Association Freezes Eviction Orders in Cases of “Extreme Hardship” Following Suicides, and More
In today's On the News segment: Two homeowners facing eviction in Spain have committed suicide prompting the Spanish banking association to freeze all eviction orders in cases of