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Debt
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Argentina Takes on Vulture Funds in “Debt Trial of the Century“
Could an upcoming US court decision put an end to the extortion of poor countries?
Airport Privatization Takes Off in Puerto Rico
Under fiscal stress and the influence of a powerful business lobby, airports are being sold off to private investors.
Deficits Are Bad and the Sun Goes Around the Earth
Dean Baker: A new study shows we have little reason to fear higher debt levels.
Does High Public Debt Stifle Economic Growth?
New study refutes Reinhart and Rogoff analysis that underpins austerity policy around the world; shows no relation between debt and lack of growth.
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Why This Is the Worst Recovery on Record
Robert Reich: Both sides of the modern debate have neglected the scourge of widening inequality.
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Remaking the Federal Reserve, Building Public Banks and Opting Out of Wall Street
Can the Federal Reserve be remade into a transparent, democratic institution?
The Question of Socialism (and Beyond!) Is About to Open Up in These United States
The two most looked-up words in 2012 were ‘socialism’ and ‘capitalism’.
Beyond Deficit Scare-Mongering
Ellen Frank: Conservatives' real aim in their fiscal brinkmanship is to gut Social Security and Medicare.
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At World Social Forum: Unity and Dissent Within Global Movements
At the World Social Forum last week in Tunisia, capitalism, imperialism, neoliberal economics and shock doctrine policies were the main targets.
Government Debt and Deficits Are Not the Problem. Private Debt Is.
While political pundits point to the American people as the cause of the economic downturn, private corporate debt is really to blame.