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You Can’t Taper a Ponzi Scheme: Time to Reboot
Despite the Dodd-Frank Act, the derivatives pyramid has continued to explode to a notional value now estimated to be as high as $2 quadrillion.
Wishful Thinking About Natural Gas: Why Fossil Fuels Can’t Solve the Problems Created by Fossil Fuels
The increased availability and decreased price of natural gas are likely to lead to an increase in US greenhouse gas emissions.
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Finance in the United States: Promoting Inequality and Waste
The bloated financial sector in the United States is a major engine of inequality sucking money away from poor and middle income households.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Last Month Was the Hottest June on Record, and More
Last month was the hottest June on record, and more.
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What I Learned Growing Up in the South as a Feminist, and the Problems With Today’s Feminist Movement
Young women turning away from feminism has become a media meme. What's up with that?
Why Are Campus Administrators Making So Much Money?
College and university administrators, unlike their faculty and students, are thriving.
“Therapy Seems to Be What’s Needed“
The colonization of the Occupied Territory continues apace in spite of opposition from the Israeli intelligentsia. An Israeli historian denounces a policy that has become a dead-end.
Call for Action on Climate Change AND Disarmament/Nuclear Abolition
Humanity is at a crossroads, faced with dual threats of climate change and nuclear weapons.
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Five Misconceptions About the Israel-Palestine Conflict
US media accounts tend to propagate false and misleading information about Israel, Hamas and Gaza; five key misconceptions are debunked.
Sharif Abdel Kouddous: Bombed in Their Homes and in the Streets, Where Can Gazans Flee?
Israel has entered the 17th day of its bombardment of the Gaza Strip, where the Palestinian death toll has reached at least 732.