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Regulating Banks vs. Displacing Them: Where Clinton and Sanders Disagree on Wall Street
Sanders and Clinton often use similar rhetoric when discussing Wall Street, but their financial policies are far from the same.
What Would Sanders Do? An Analysis of His Proposals
His policies would not only increase employment and national income, but would also raise wages, reduce poverty and narrow the inequality gap.
Let Down at the Ford Foundation: Reflections on the Shortcomings of Philanthropy
Joanne Barken ponders how the Ford Foundation will address inequality.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Doctors Are Organizing Against Corporatized Medicine, and More
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Economic Update: Capitalism’s Results
This episode provides updates on Obama's visit to Detroit, and more.
How “The Big Short” Shorts Audiences Hoping to Understand the 2008 Financial Crisis
“The Big Short” dramatizes the 2008 financial crisis and attempts to make viewers sympathize with its primary beneficiaries.
Can the Davos Rich Do More Than Talk?
Our global top 1 percent now have more wealth than the rest of the world combined.
Economic Update: Fighting Right-Wing Economics
This episode provides updates on Flint's poisoned water, and more.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: CEOs Are Fighting to Keep Their Taxes Low, and More
It's only the second full week of the new year, but many corporate CEOs have already made more money than most of us will make for the rest of …
Income Inequality Is a Health Hazard – Even for the Rich
A public health researcher explains why life expectancy in the US is falling, and it has to do with income inequality rising.