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Economy
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Higher Taxes on Higher Incomes
To avoid waste, reduce inequality and maintain some semblance of market efficiency, income taxes should be used to make money as meaningful to a millionaire as it is to …
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Redefining Conservatism in the US
Paul Krugman: "Here's a term we really need: Center-Right In Name Only.
Dean Baker | The Texas-California Job Growth Derby
In recent months conservatives have been boasting about the strong job growth of red state Texas compared to the much weaker job growth of blue state California. It's worth …
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Oh, the Humanity
There are now some 5.66 million missing workers in the United States, neither counted nor accounted for. To notice them would be to raise the unemployment rate to at …
The Myth of Maximizing Shareholder Value
So many of the assertions made about “maximizing shareholder value” are false that they should be assumed to be a lie until proven otherwise.
There’s No Substitute For the Government
There never was a Golden Age of purely voluntary, and what charitable support mechanisms existed were not up to the challenges of the Second Industrial Revolution of the late …
Neoliberalism as Social Necrophilia: The Case of Greece
What's happening now in Greece can be best described as the “downsizing of a country” that brings profound changes in its social and economic fabric.
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Gar Alperovitz and Michael Albert: A Conversation on Economic Visions
Two theorists of democratic control of the workplace debate participatory economics, the need for markets and balanced job complexes, and real-life experimentation with alternative economic forms.
Economic Update: The System in Question
Updates on GM recall; Bangladeshi women garment workers; hi-tech tax evasion; and more.
Robert Pollin: Congressional Progressive Caucus Budget Strikes Back Against Austerity
The Congressional Progressive Caucus's budget would increase spending on education, healthcare and the green economy while rolling back cuts against social services.