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    Democrats expected to do GOP's dirty work for it

    MAY 29, 2012 6:24AM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: politics, economics, republican party, democratic party, president obama, mitt romney, politifact, pants on fire liar, fedeal spending, tea party, deficits, joan walsh, american enterprise institute, ann coulter, wall street journal, david frum, fiscal austerity, economic crisis, herbert hoover, great depression, paul krugman, fiscal stimulus, conservative principles

    • Editor's Pick
    • 3 Ratings
    • 734 Views
    • 7 Comments
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    Why “Income Inequality” is a losing issue and how to fix it

    MAY 25, 2012 8:20AM

    By Jimmy Zuma


    Topics: opportunity equality, bill gates, mark zuckerberg, jimmy zuma, income, wealth, princeton research, economics, 99 percent, income inequality, ows, occupy wall street

    • Editor's Pick
    • 39 Ratings
    • 1073 Views
    • 42 Comments
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    A return of might have been

    MAY 7, 2012 8:47AM

    By Mary Stanik


    Topics: marry, friends, facebook, economists, economics, dorm, university

    • Editor's Pick
    • 12 Ratings
    • 3966 Views
    • 36 Comments
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    Frontline’s “Money, Power & Wall Street”

    MAY 2, 2012 1:18PM

    By Steve Klingaman


    Topics: and paul volker, christine romer, joseph stiglitz, robert reich, dodd-frank financial reform act, glass-steagall act, jeb hensarling, larry summers, president barack obama, timothy geithner, episode 3, power & wall street”, “money, frontline documentary, derivatives, wall street abuses, timothy geithner legacy, obama presidency, bank bailout, recession of 2007-09, economic meltdown, finance, economics, politics

    • Editor's Pick
    • 12 Ratings
    • 2932 Views
    • 35 Comments
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    Romney, GOP Offer Only Empty Slogans

    APRIL 27, 2012 2:49PM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: stereotypes, public opinion, walter lippmann, allegory of the cave, plato's republic, plato, david frum, planned parenthood, social justice, catholic bishops, catholic church, spending cuts, tax hikes, david brooks, partisanship, ezra klein, frank luntz, jennifer rubin, head start, medicaid, student loans, politico, class warfare, andrew breitbart, thomas frank, divisive, socialism, 2012 election, democratic party, president obama, poverty, lucky duckies, wall street journal, job creators, eric cantor, republican party, ryan budger, paul ryan, mitt romney, economics, politics

    • Editor's Pick
    • 10 Ratings
    • 2213 Views
    • 17 Comments
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    History Repeats Itself in New Gilded Age

    APRIL 20, 2012 3:29PM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: occupy wall street, robber barons, 14th amendment, declaration of independence, constitution, new deal, conservative movement, alliance for justice, women's rights, health care reform, socialism, paul krugman, michael lind, corporations are people, mitt romney, progressive movement, john marshal harlan, plessy v. ferguson, kevin phillips, jeff rosen, george will, constitution in exile, capitalism, right wing, democrats, republicans, federal income tax, bush v. gore, citizens united, judicial activism, founding fathers, civil war, pollock v. farmer's loan and trust, supreme court, conservatism, liberalism, democracy, plutocracy, gilded age, economics, politics

    • Editor's Pick
    • 20 Ratings
    • 8133 Views
    • 37 Comments
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    The War on Teaching Wages On in Higher Ed

    MARCH 30, 2012 2:59PM

    By Kate Geiselman


    Topics: war on teachers, teacher bashing, economics, working, upper middle class, salaries, teaching, education, do college professors work hard enough?, david levy

    • Editor's Pick
    • 15 Ratings
    • 2170 Views
    • 28 Comments
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    Foxconn Raises Wages. Why?

    FEBRUARY 23, 2012 8:59AM

    By Steve Klingaman


    Topics: working conditions in china, foxconn raises wages, david barboza, iphone, manufacturing in china apple, foxconn technology, ipads, ipods, new york times, “how u.s. lost out on iphone work, charles duhigg, keith bradsher, repatriating jobs, onshoring jobs, jobs, manufacturing, economics, business

    • Editor's Pick
    • 11 Ratings
    • 4175 Views
    • 15 Comments
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    Why is the Republican field so weak?

    JANUARY 18, 2012 3:02PM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: family research council, rick santorum, washington post, fred hiatt, tea party, right wing, 2010 election, republican party, economics, politics

    • Editor's Pick
    • 8 Ratings
    • 2015 Views
    • 22 Comments
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    Online Piracy’s Cure is Worse Than the Curse

    JANUARY 18, 2012 11:45AM

    By Steve Klingaman


    Topics: politics, economics, sopa protest, legislation, sopa, stop online piracy act, protect ip act, pipa, wikipedia protest, web shutdown, online piracy, music industry, film industry, publishing, electronic freedom, censorship, homeland security, congress, illegal downloading, content providers, creatives, protecting creative jobs, intellectual property

    • Editor's Pick
    • 8 Ratings
    • 904 Views
    • 14 Comments
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    Mitt Unveils Romnomics

    JANUARY 11, 2012 10:55PM

    By Zinged by Zook


    Topics: politics, romnomics, economics, south carolinna, republican, presidential, mitt romney

    • Editor's Pick
    • 10 Ratings
    • 2770 Views
    • 35 Comments
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    Gingrich pulls back curtain on "predatory" capitalism

    JANUARY 11, 2012 2:58PM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: hedge funds, bain capital, financialization, wall street, republican party, mitt romney, newt gingrich, supply side capitalism, economics, politics

    • Editor's Pick
    • 28 Ratings
    • 3496 Views
    • 76 Comments
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    We Are The Future of Occupy

    NOVEMBER 18, 2011 2:36AM

    By Julie Morse


    Topics: open+call, open call, occupy america, occupy wall street, ows, #ows, occupy everything, occupy anniversary, the future of occupy, the future of ows, what does ows want, why are they occupying, why do they occupy, politics, news, equality, end corruption, end economic inequality, economics, occupy mayors, jean quan, occupy oakland, police brutality, the expense of occupy, the point of occupy, the message of occupy, the message of ows, occupy the internet, occupy in solidarity, solidarity, we are the future of occupy, economy

    • Editor's Pick
    • 12 Ratings
    • 1195 Views
    • 16 Comments
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    Company Picnics

    OCTOBER 10, 2011 10:33AM

    By Laura Wilkerson


    Topics: memoir, economics, life stories, business

    • Editor's Pick
    • 8 Ratings
    • 1223 Views
    • 29 Comments
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    Royal Wedding 2011

    APRIL 25, 2011 9:12AM

    By AOG


    Topics: economics, cost, wedding, uk, royalty, politics, family

    • Editor's Pick
    • 21 Ratings
    • 1624 Views
    • 27 Comments
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    The Difference Between Rich and Poor

    APRIL 15, 2011 2:45AM

    By Farleftside


    Topics: cartoon saturday, politics, economics, poor, rich

    • Editor's Pick
    • 18 Ratings
    • 2714 Views
    • 27 Comments
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    Help Wanted: 7 Million Jobs

    APRIL 7, 2011 8:27AM

    By Steve Klingaman


    Topics: economy, finance, economics, politics, reducing government, march unemployment figures, u.s. bureau of labor statistics, tea party, 216000 jobs created, andrew sum, unemployment, jobs, jobless recovery, dislocated workers, labor participation rate, national urban league, job creation deficit, economic recovery, blue collar unemployment, workers at the margins marginalized, republican budget, hollowed-out economy

    • Editor's Pick
    • 8 Ratings
    • 777 Views
    • 15 Comments
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    Murdoch releases a news app for ipad and who cares?

    FEBRUARY 3, 2011 8:43AM

    By Duane Gundrum


    Topics: ipad, murdoch, fox news, apps, news, business, economics, internet

    • Editor's Pick
    • 20 Ratings
    • 1411 Views
    • 42 Comments
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    The Ghost of Ronald Reagan

    FEBRUARY 2, 2011 6:12PM

    By Kate Flannery


    Topics: ronald reagan, reagan, centennial birthday, reagan birthday, presidents, the fog, john carpenter, today show, willard scott, aristocracy, america, current affairs, government, spending, economics, democracy, gipper

    • Editor's Pick
    • 10 Ratings
    • 1113 Views
    • 18 Comments
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    The Chinese Repudiate Reaganomics

    DECEMBER 29, 2010 2:13PM

    By The Flylooper


    Topics: minimum wage, economics, china, politics

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