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Another Bridge Falls – Fixing Infrastructure Fixes Jobs and Deficits
Republicans say fixing our infrastructure is just u201cmore government spending.u201d
Economic Update: A Journalist’s Perspective
Updates on changing US retirement ages, Pope Francis's anti-capitalism, inequality inside countries, unionists march in Rome.
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Why Inequality Is a Problem and Growth a Red Herring
Salvatore Babones: To the inequality and growth debate, I say - who cares!
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America’s Killer Jobs
Every year, thousands of American workers die on the job, and millions are injured due to lax worker safety laws and weak enforcement of those that do exist.
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Discipline and Punish: The New Unemployment “Reform“
The Clinton-era arguments used to end welfare have been turned on the unemployed twenty years later.
From Bad Jobs to Good Jobs
What happened to the good jobs? And what does it take to get them back?
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Another Government Is Necessary: The People Can Rule Better Than the Elites
On Earth Day, a new alternative government, the Green Shadow Cabinet, was announced. Its over 80 members are leaders in their fields, from medicine to art to activism, and …
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When Your Boss Steals Your Wages: The Invisible Trend That’s Sweeping America
Wage theft is fast becoming a top trend of the 21st-century labor market.
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Just Say No to Multinationals? For Rural Communities, It’s Not Always That Simple
Nestle is proposing to gain access to the spring via a water exchange with Cascade Locks.
A Tax Day Plan for Righting the Republic: Just Doing What’s Popular Would Make Us Healthier, Wealthier, Wiser, and Less Indebted
Its seems American do not want free handouts, but on the contrary, simply the chance to make this country healthier and more efficient.