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Dean Baker | The Entitlement of the Very Rich
Last week we got to see the thinking of the very rich when Jeffrey Immelt, the CEO of General Electric, complained at a summit that there is even an …
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Walgreens Will Not Move Overseas to Avoid Taxes, and More
Walgreens has caved to public pressure and announced that they will not move overseas to avoid paying US taxes, and more.
How Gender Changes Piketty’s “Capital in the Twenty-First Century“
Women have a lot to gain from an economy that rewards individuals based on what they do with their life, not who they marry or who their parents are.
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The Class War Goes Retail
Why does Wall Street tank on news portending economic gains for most Americans?
Economic Update: From Bad Loans to Taxing the Property of the Wealthy
Updates on the Pentagon's overpayments; mortgages tilting toward the rich; the subprime car loan bubble; and silence about intangible property tax.
Don’t Be Fooled: Banks Still Too Big to Fail
The immediate takeaway by many in the media, government and investment community was that the need for a taxpayer subsidy like the bailouts of 2008 may have declined or …
The Minimum Wage and Inflation
Would an increase of the minimum wage be inflationary? Would more inflation than we have now be a good or bad thing?
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We’re Being Robbed Every Time We Fly
We shouldn't have to feel like weu2019re being robbed every time we fly home to see family members or jet off for vacations.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Americans Are Drowning in Debt, and More
Americans are drowning in debt, and more.
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Want To Take Back Chicago? Here’s How, Say Activists
Our city is sold piece-by-piece to private interests.