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On the News With Thom Hartmann: Walmart Is Illegally Targeting Employees That Protested During Black Friday, and More
Walmart is illegally targeting employees that took part in the Black Friday protests.
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Cyprus…What You Can Learn From Iceland
Hopefully Cyprus will take a page out of the Icelandic playbook, and lock-up the banksters.
Gailbraith and Panitch: Is a New “New Deal” Possible?
James K. Gailbraith and Leo Panitch discuss the 80th anniversary of the election of FDR and the significance of the New Deal.
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Detroit Citizens Prepare to Fight Their Corporate Master
What is needed is a social movement that will unite Labor and Civil Rights organizations and get Detroit's residents out into the streets in mass protest actions.
Economic Update: Guest Victor Wallis
Professor Wolff is joined by Victor Wallis to discuss ecology and economics comparing capitalist and socialist responses to environmental crisis.
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Giving Credence to the Wrong People
Paul Krugman: Just because someone was appointed to a policy position doesn't mean they're an expert.
American Employment Winter: Beware Reports of Spring
The figures suggest that more people are simply holding multiple jobs.
Forbes Billionaires List Growing
Economist, attorney and journalist James Henry: US still leads as many new billionaires emerging in China and Russia; corporate profits at record levels as austerity hits and unemployment remains …
Worms, Pond Scum and Economists
High youth unemployment is a grave problem, but don't let austerity hawks blame it on Social Security and Medicare.
Failed “Welfare” Programs and the Web of Poverty
The policies that create paradigms of poverty are often remote and administered with a hidden hand.