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Greece: Signs of Growth Come as Austerity Eases
The IMF's austerity plan hasn't worked. Greece's possible recovery is down to a construction program boosting the economy.
Economic Update: What’s Wrong With Markets
Updates on Memphis workers locked out; problems of on-line education; capitalism, wealth inequality, and Starbucks; and Gallup on Americans' dissatisfied with their economy, and more.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Economic Inequality Is a Major Threat to Human Progress, and More
85 people control the same amount of wealth as half the population of the entire world, and the top one percent has 65 times the wealth of the bottom …
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Paul Krugman | A Virtual Currency Raises Real-World Questions
Paul Krugman: “Almost all of the Bitcoin discussion has centered on positive economics - can this actually work? And I have to say that I'm still deeply unconvinced.”
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Congress Chips Away at Social Safety Net, and More
Congress can't find the willpower to raise taxes on the rich, but that hasn't stopped them from chipping away at our retirement and slashing our social safety net, and …
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Economic Growth Is Killing Us
We require an economic and political governance structure that ensures all human beings have access to basic necessities while reducing human pressure on the biosphere.
The Greek “Success Story” of a Crushing Economy and a Failed State
Contrary to the official story, Greece's economy is not recovering, and the continuation of the Troika's neoliberal austerity medicine assure the country a bleak economic and social future.
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“It’s Not Just Two Pesos; It’s the Country:" Mexico City’s #PosMeSalto Movement Protests Rising Transit Costs
A rise in subway fare has Mexican youth in a city-wide transportation protest, taking place in a majority of major train stations.
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Obama Says He’ll Bypass Congress to Boost Economy
President Obama is embracing a do-it-yourself approach to reviving the nation's economy, saying Wednesday at North Carolina State University that he will bypass Congress where he can to help …
Economic Update: Europe’s Approach to Inequality
Richard D. Wolff discusses the history and dimensions of global inequality and movements for guaranteed annual incomes in Switzerland; and more.