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Economy
The Economics of the 1%: Deficit Disorders and Debt Delirium
John Weeks: A fundamental misconception of neoliberal economics is that governments need to balance their budgets like a household.
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Paul Krugman | Troubles in Turkey
Who was paying attention to Turkey? Some people were, of course, because that was their job.
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The Real Illness Plaguing US Healthcare: Inequality
The lens of real estate and finance gives us an interesting look at how our healthcare system is part and parcel of an edifice that enables the rich to …
Economic Update: The Death of the Middle Class
Updates on polls showing most Americans want less inequality; why Tea Party types fixate on government debt; why French right-wing and other far-right parties gain support; and more.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Republicans Want To Hold Our Economy Hostage Again, and More
Republicans want to hold our economy hostage again, but they may not get the chance to do so, and more.
What Philip Seymour Hoffman’s Death Can Teach Us About Climate Change (Really)
For the State Department to suggest that the Keystone XL pipeline will not have a negative impact on the environment is like Walter White telling Phillip Seymour Hoffman that …
The Good Jobs News on the Affordable Care Act
Dean Baker: The ACA is freeing people from health care related job-lock. This is a feature, not a bug.
AOL’s CEO Is Not the Only One Who Should Be Shamed
Laura Flanders: Not long ago it was the Great Recession, today it's Obamacare that's serving as a convenient scapegoat for employers seeking to tighten the screws on their workers.
Tapering of Quantitative Easing Is Throwing Emerging Markets Into Chaos – and Big Banks Are Getting Richer
Despite no real economic recovery, the Fed is winding down quantitative easing, throwing developing countries' economies into chaos.
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Sharing the Struggle: Three Ways Environmental and Economic Activism Overlap
The pursuit of economic justice IS the pursuit of environmental justice, says Kevin Mathews.