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Beleaguered Europe, Back in the Spotlight
Paul Krugman: Unemployment is rising fast, and at some point the strain will just be too much to take.
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Silences Louder Than Their Words: Effective Economic Policies Neither Candidate Advocates
Here are six options that are not on the table.
The National Debt and Our Children: How Dumb Does Washington Think We Are?
And the corporate media reporters covering the campaign are no help, either.
The Week Ahead: Wednesday’s Presidential Debate and Friday’s Jobs Report
The biggest election news this week wonu2019t be who wins the presidential debate Wednesday night.
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Time for Major Cuts in Defense Spending
It's time to act on Eisenhower's warning against the
Romney Versus Realonomy: A Peek Inside the Bubble
Mitt Romney's economic plan simply has no connection to the realonomy in which ordinary people live, work or don't work. It is not even a plan designed to benefit …
Journalist Arun Gupta and Organizer Marina Sitrin on Occupy’s Anniversary
GRITtv host Laura Flanders talks to journalist Arun Gupta and organizer Marina Sitrin about the movementu2019s impact and future role in American life and politics.
Debt Worries: Economists Fail Arithmetic, Again
The economists who say the debt-to-GDP ratio is the holy grail of economic stability are the same ones who didn't see the housing crisis coming.
Why the New Fed Stimulus Won’t Jumpstart the Economy – and What Would
The Fed could give production and employment a bigger boost by using its lender-of-last-resort status in more direct ways than the current version of QE.
How to End Hard Times? Reduce Inequality
A new report from a United Nations group details how low inequality promotes economic growth u2014 and blasts away at a status quo where the most profitable firms end …