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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.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Gun-Lobby Squares Off Against Stricter Gun Controls, and More
On the News With Thom Hartmann: The gun-lobby has been squaring off against advocates for stricter gun control; Stockton, California is broke; Euro zone broke another unemployment record; and …
American Employment Winter: Beware Reports of Spring
The figures suggest that more people are simply holding multiple jobs.
The Sequester Is President Obama’s Fault
The GOP shares blame, but Obama didn't have to play their deficit reduction games.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Justice Antonin Scalia Describes Key Provision in Voting Rights Act as a “Perpetuation of Racial Entitlement,” and More
During oral arguments about Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act, Justice Antonin Scalia described the key provision as a “perpetuation of racial entitlement.”
US Economy “Stuck in the Mud”
Robert Pollin: Last quarter of 2012 had zero growth, wages were lower, unemployment higher as stock market hit record highs.
Financialization and Unemployment
Whether the power of finance can be brought under more control becomes one of the significant issues, together with other structural and political causes of unemployment under capitalism, when …
Will Exaggerated Deficit Talks Lead to an “Obama Recession?” We Must Still Ask These Questions
The Washington consensus on economic policy has been used to inflict neoliberalism.
Economic Update: Unemployment Analyzed
Updates on Marvins' “shared unemployment,” $4 trillion profits hoarded by US corporations, and root issues of the “fiscal cliff.” Discussion of solutions for unemployment. Responses to listeners: on pluses …
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California Finds Economic Gloom Starting to Lift
After almost five years of economic decline and no change in unemployment, California is finally seeing positive change.