Truthout
Economy
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Highway Robbery
Your Social Security or the Fiscal Cliff?
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Hawaii Teachers Unleash Work-to-Rule Campaign
Two years after an imposed contract stuck them with wage and benefit cuts, the teachers are building momentum to win a better deal in 2013.
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Unemployment Rate Edges Down to 7.7 Percent as Job Growth Slows
Self-employment jumped by 163,000 in November.
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The Cost of Austerity? Just Look at the UK Economy, It’s a Mess
Conservatives laughed off criticism of austerity, but itu2019s clear they were wrong.
A Public Bank for Scotland Could Ensure Economic Sovereignty
Perhaps the Scots will blaze a trail for economic sovereignty in the EU, just as North Dakotans did in the US.
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Walmart Rejected Safety Upgrades at Asia Factory Where 100 Died in Fire
At some point, consumers need to stop rewarding bad behavior.
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The New Republicans: Weighed Down By Plutocrats and Preachers
Paul Krugman: Today's Republican Party is an alliance between the plutocrats and the preachers.
Economic Update: Inconvenient Economic Truths
Updates on unpaid law clerks, Buffett's minimum tax on high incomes, and CBO report on medical care costs and federal deficits.
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Collective Workplaces Spell Job Security, Fair Treatment and Real-Life Democracy
Richard Wolff argues that workers in control of their own workplaces are much less likely to ship their own jobs overseas, underpay employees or pollute their own communities.
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Climate Silence, Nuclear Silence and Solar Silence: An Unholy Trinity
Unholy Trinity of silence on climate, nuclear power and alternative possibilities is deafening.