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Debt
It’s the Interest, Stupid! Why Bankers Rule the World
By developing a public banking system, governments can keep the interest and reinvest it locally.
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Unraveling the “Future Generations” Debt Debate
The common claim that deficits mean that we're selling our birthright to the Chinese makes no sense at all.
The Bain Way: Let the States Pick Up the Tab on National Debt?
We do need to get our fiscal house in order, but after reading about The Bain Way and Mr. Romney's love of his business acumen, I disagree, more than …
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Four Spending Myths That Could Wreck Our World: How Not to Solve an American Crisis
If lawmakers skipped the myth-making and began putting Americau2019s resources into a series of domestic investments that would spur the economy now, their acts would yield dividends for years …
Restructuring Europe – for Whom?
The structural reform now being discussed in Europe would mean an even more neoliberal agenda.
The Debt Is Not a Measure of Generational Burdens
The moral of this story should be that you can find absolutely nothing about the burden on future generations by looking at the government's debt. Those who rant about …
For-Profit College Reform: How Democratic Power Lobbyists Helped Water It Down
The problems and pitfalls of for-profit colleges -including how their business plans took advantage of students and reaped billions of dollars in federal student loans, only to leave many …