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Economy
Mismeasuring Our Economy: Why the GDP is Not Useful
The GDP is the most commonly cited economic metric but it doesn't tell us what we need to know.
Economic Update: Economics and Religion
Updates on Fiat labor struggles in Italy, stagnating real wages in US, capitalist corruption (US, China, Russia), “eminent domain” helps homeowners against foreclosure. Interview with Dr. Obery Hendricks, Jr., …
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Henry A. Giroux | The Violence of Organized Forgetting
Henry Giroux: A war-like mentality makes it difficult to reclaim the language of social responsibility and civic engagement.
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The Crisis of Finance Capitalism and the Exhaustion of Neoliberalism
In the five years since the Global Financial Crisis, no policies have been developed to effectively ensure against another systemic failure of banking and insurance systems.
Former Mobil VP Warns of Fracking and Climate Change
Former Mobil Oil VP is speaking out about the dangers of fracking.
Will Marijuana Farming in Mendocino County, California, Lead America to Pot?
Truthout interviews Doug Fine about the issues covered in his book ‘Too High to Fail.’
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Jim Hightower | Watch Out for Those Helpful Bankers
Big-time bankers are turning members of Congress into obedient stenographers.
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Legalizing Marijuana May Help Save the US Economy, Reduce the Prison Population, and Stop the Drug War Death Toll
Author Doug Fine took off to Mendocino, California, where growing marijuana is big business.
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To Rescue Local Economies, Cities Seize Underwater Mortgages Through Eminent Domain
Richmond, California is trying out a new way to help homeowners refinance and halt the slide into foreclosure.
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Why Aren’t Americans Fighting Back?
They don't know who they are or what they're fighting for nor whom or what they are fighting against.