Can the Left and Right Unite t...

Mar 11, 2015 by

Can the Left and Right Unite to End Corporate Rule? An Interview with Ralph Nader and Daniel McCarthy

[Translate] Sarah van Gelder YES MAGAZINE Note: Ralph Nader and Daniel McCarthy will be responding to selected reader comments...

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How Activist College Kids Are ...

Mar 10, 2015 by

How Activist College Kids Are Taking on the “High Priests” of Money

[Translate] Education Grassroots group Kick It Over is challenging neoclassical economic thinking. By James Trimarco / Yes Magazine  ...

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Paul Krugman on Why Republican...

Feb 20, 2015 by

Paul Krugman on Why Republicans Worship ‘Quacks and Charlatans’

[Translate] Economy Getting things epically wrong and denying reality gains you points in today’s GOP. By Janet Allon /...

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Unflinching Look at Big Family...

Feb 20, 2015 by

Unflinching Look at Big Family Sharing Small Space

[Translate] David Friedlander  LIFE EDITED Behavior Several years ago I sublet an apartment deep in Manhattan’s Lower East Side. The...

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Is Starbucks Responsible For D...

Feb 17, 2015 by

Is Starbucks Responsible For Driving Up Real Estate Prices in Gentrified Cities?

[Translate] Economy It’s a caffeinated spin on the old chicken-and-egg question: which came first? By Jana Kasperkevic / The...

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WHAT IS THE EXPERIENCE ECONOMY...

Feb 6, 2015 by

WHAT IS THE EXPERIENCE ECONOMY?

[Translate] David Friedlander  LIFE EDITED If we are to believe a recent study by the company Eventbrite, doctor there may be an...

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4 PINNOCHIOS FOR OBAMA ADMINST...

Feb 2, 2015 by

[Translate] WaPo Fact Checker: 4 Pinnochios for Obama Administration’s job claims about job growth from TPP!! From: Lori...

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Tea Partyers, union members, D...

Feb 1, 2015 by

Tea Partyers, union members, Democrats, Republicans — all love Social Security. So let’s expand it!

[Translate] An important new book argues that America’s most successful social program needs to be strengthened By Paul...

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GUESS WHO’S ABOUT TO GO ...

Jan 31, 2015 by

GUESS WHO’S ABOUT TO GO BANKRUPT IN AMERICA

[Translate] Do you believe America’s financial problems from 2008 have been fixed? 01.15.2015     BY Mike Palmer, tadalafil...

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WHAT YOU HAVE TO EARN TO BE IN...

Jan 30, 2015 by

WHAT YOU HAVE TO EARN TO BE IN THE 1% IN EVERY STATE

[Translate] It’s the wealthiest Americans who are recovering from the Great Recession. By Cliff Weathers / AlterNet   A...

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THE COUNTRY THAT REFUSES TO BO...

Jan 30, 2015 by

THE COUNTRY THAT REFUSES TO BOW DOWN TO WESTERN BANKERS

[Translate] The powers that be are getting nervous as other countries consider following Greece’s lead. By Lynn Stuart...

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As Inequality Soars, the Nervo...

Jan 26, 2015 by

As Inequality Soars, the Nervous Super Rich Are Already Planning Their Escapes

[Translate] Economy Hedge fund managers are preparing getaways by buying airstrips and farms in remote areas. By Alec Hogg / The...

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For the First Time in Decades,...

Jan 19, 2015 by

For the First Time in Decades, Over Half of America’s Public School Students Live in Poverty

[Translate] TRUTHDIG Shutterstock A recent shift in public school demographics mirrors the wider picture of growing poverty and...

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Paul Krugman on the Real Reaso...

Jan 19, 2015 by

Paul Krugman on the Real Reason Reality Doesn’t Make the Slightest Dent in the Right-wing Brain

[Translate] Economy What’s behind this rabid denial of facts and evidence? By Janet Allon / AlterNet Photo Credit: via YouTube...

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The Solar Industry Created Mor...

Jan 19, 2015 by

The Solar Industry Created More Jobs In 2014 Than Oil And Gas Extraction

[Translate] by Katie Valentine CLIMATE PROGRESS CREDIT: Shutterstock The solar industry added jobs at a rate nearly 20 times faster...

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Surprising Findings Point to P...

Jan 13, 2015 by

Surprising Findings Point to Perfect Storm Brewing in Your Financial Future

[Translate] Economy New insights on the role of private credit explained. By Lynn Stuart Parramore / AlterNet   Photo Credit:...

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The Uber-ization of everything

Jan 12, 2015 by

The Uber-ization of everything

[Translate] Pretty soon, sickness even your spot in line will come with a price Henry Grabar  SALON.COM The Uber-ization of...

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9 Photos That Reveal America&#...

Jan 10, 2015 by

9 Photos That Reveal America’s Obscene Division of Wealth

[Translate] Economy And we wonder why there’s an inequality problem. By Dave Johnson / Blog for Our Future   VIA ALTERNET Many...

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Paul Krugman Eviscerates Crazy...

Jan 9, 2015 by

Paul Krugman Eviscerates Crazy Voodoo Economics of New GOP-led Congress

[Translate] Economy It’s impossible to reason with people who think facts themselves have a liberal bias. By Janet Allon /...

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The Global Unemployment Crisis

Jan 7, 2015 by

The Global Unemployment Crisis

[Translate] /the-global-unemployment-crisis/” target=”_blank”>Back to Full Employment | News Analysis (Photo: WFIU...

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U.S. taxpayers could have had ...

Jan 6, 2015 by

U.S. taxpayers could have had a $600 million stake in Tesla

[Translate] Shutterstock By David Roberts GRIST Politico Magazine — which has been so good lately it makes me feel mildly guilty for...

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Twelve Lessons for 2015

Jan 3, 2015 by

Twelve Lessons for 2015

[Translate] By John Cassidy THE NEW YORKER MAGAZINE Turkish residents observe an explosion across the border in Syria. Credit...

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Why Airlines Want to Make You ...

Jan 3, 2015 by

Why Airlines Want to Make You Suffer

[Translate] By Tim Wu  NEW YORKER MAGAZINE Credit Photograph by Scott Olson / Getty This fall, prostate JetBlue airline finally threw...

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New Year’s Resolutions: Ten Wa...

Jan 2, 2015 by

New Year’s Resolutions: Ten Ways to Combat Upward Redistribution of Income

[Translate] Perspectives January 1, 2015 by Dean Baker  MOYERS & CO. This post first appeared at The Huffington Post. The big...

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