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    Another Root of the Tree of Modern Republicanism

    OCTOBER 31, 2012 12:50PM

    By Jerry765


    Topics: social, culture, environment, wealth, economics, third world, racism, ayn rand, gilded age, american history, politics, books, belief/religion

    • 10 Ratings
    • 16673 Views
    • 28 Comments
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    Reflections On India

    MARCH 26, 2009 9:09AM

    By Sean Paul Kelley


    Topics: open call, pollution, economics, culture, travel, adventure, sean paul kelley, india

    • Editor's Pick
    • 21 Ratings
    • 10112 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
    • 22 Ratings
    • 9968 Views
    • 56 Comments
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    Cramer v Stewart: A Counterpoint

    MARCH 13, 2009 11:56AM

    By Heather Michon


    Topics: journalism, economics, the daily show, cnbc, jim cramer, jon stewart

    • Editor's Pick
    • 17 Ratings
    • 9218 Views
    • 43 Comments
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    Geithner 2.0 debuts on Hill, sinks claws into congressman

    NOVEMBER 20, 2009 5:29PM

    By Saturn Smith


    Topics: banking, the ed show, is bailout one word or two?, tarp, bailout, economics, larry summers, congressman peter defazio, congressman kevin brady, congress, is robert reich still locked in the cabinet?, treasury secretary, tim geithner

    • Editor's Pick
    • 17 Ratings
    • 8710 Views
    • 25 Comments
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    Double Dip: Will We Repeat 1937?

    MARCH 4, 2010 8:38AM

    By Steve Klingaman


    Topics: federal deficit, does pursuit of self-interest improve society?, john reed, john bogle, keynesians, paul volker, economic meltdown, mortgage crisis, foreclosures, unemployment, jobs, bill clinton, disenfranchised patriots, glass-steagall, jim bunning, wayback machine, sarah palin, mitt romney, ron paul, tim pawlenty, goldman sachs, bank bailouts, aig, tea party, cato institute, tarp, stimulus, commonwealth club of california, andrew leonard, larry summers, barack obama, nobel laureate in economics, dr. joseph stiglitz, recession of 1937, roosevelt, wpa, great depression, double dip recession, business, politics, finance, economics, roosevelt recession of 1937

    • Editor's Pick
    • 22 Ratings
    • 7230 Views
    • 60 Comments
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    Obama wants to "punish success?" Give me a break

    JULY 27, 2012 10:01AM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: health care, gun control, abortion, plutocrats, free market, public sector unions, richard hofstadter, nlrb, epa, affordable care act, colonial america, gordon wood, conservative media, national reivew, fox news, keynesian stimulus, fiscal policy, exotic derivatives, libor, predatory corporate raiders, capitalism, corporate contributions, citizens united, supreme court, voter disenfranchisement, labor, manufacturing, oligarchy, george romney, tax returns, democracy, think progress, paranoid style, conspiracy theory, big government, income tax, punish success, president obama, elizabeth warren, scott brown, mitt romney, welfare queens, republican party, ronald reagan, economics, politics

    • Editor's Pick
    • 12 Ratings
    • 6921 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
    • 30 Ratings
    • 6746 Views
    • 36 Comments
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    Scalia embodies power corrupt right wing

    JUNE 27, 2012 1:00PM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: politics, economics, antonin scalia, supreme court, citizens united, constitution, arizona immigration law, right wing, conservatism, walter lippmann, catholic church, absolutism, autacracy, dream act, president obama, birth control, salon, fox news, talk radio, roberts court, clarence thomas, bush v. gore, roe v. wade, james fallows, dana milbank, vatican ii, voter id, chris hayes, twilight of the elites, meritocracy, ed schultz, msnbc, oligarchy, plutocracy, democracy, political power, rule of law

    • 24 Ratings
    • 6729 Views
    • 38 Comments
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    The Ethical Bankruptcy of AIG Bonuses

    MARCH 17, 2009 7:59AM

    By Kent Pitman


    Topics: politics, economics, finance, bailout, bonuses, aig, ethics, legalities, failure, riots, rioting in the streets, riot insurance, civilized society, fragile, robust, economy, bankruptcy, bankrupt, chapter 11, chapter 7, reorganization, liquidation

    • 1 Ratings
    • 6561 Views
    • 3 Comments
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    Capitalism and Feudalism

    JUNE 28, 2009 1:23AM

    By Jeremy Brannon


    Topics: economics, feudalism, capitalism, anarchism, socialism, politics

    • 11 Ratings
    • 6525 Views
    • 21 Comments
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    Better Than Bingo--Move Over Mr. Buffett

    AUGUST 28, 2011 3:07PM

    By Keka


    Topics: stocks, stock market, warren buffet, trading, traders, finances, financial, markets, economics, business, economy

    • 35 Ratings
    • 5892 Views
    • 53 Comments
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    The New Deal WORKED. Deal with it, Neanderthals.

    FEBRUARY 17, 2009 3:24PM

    By Caveat Canem Croceum


    Topics: per capita income, unemployment, wpa, gross domestic product, gdp, economic recovery, neanderthals, neocons, economic history, econometrics, economics, new deal, fdr, stimulus package

    • 2 Ratings
    • 5436 Views
    • 4 Comments
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    Regulated Capitalism vs. Socialism

    SEPTEMBER 14, 2009 3:17AM

    By Nathan Foster


    Topics: politics, economics, philosophy, socialism, capitalism

    • Editor's Pick
    • 19 Ratings
    • 5413 Views
    • 13 Comments
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    Election Day: Odds against McCain

    NOVEMBER 4, 2008 2:13AM

    By Caveat Canem Croceum


    Topics: sex, peace, war, economics, economy, strategy, election, republicans, democrats, family values, baseball, world series, red sox, astrology, statistics, fun with numbers, obama, politics, palin, mccain

    • Editor's Pick
    • 10 Ratings
    • 5301 Views
    • 18 Comments
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    Autos and Dominoes

    NOVEMBER 18, 2008 5:21PM

    By Dan Conley


    Topics: economics

    • Editor's Pick
    • 12 Ratings
    • 5268 Views
    • 34 Comments
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    Living Longer on Less in an Age Where Banks Thrive on Excess

    OCTOBER 23, 2009 4:10PM

    By Kevin Gosztola


    Topics: chicago, news, politics, faith, hope, change, human rights, humanity, citibank, bank of america, goldman sachs, demonstrations, protest, foreclosures, agriculture, famers, unions, republicans, congress, democrats, greed, bonuses, bailouts, capitalism, economics, economy, finance, financial institutions, banks, recession

    • Editor's Pick
    • 10 Ratings
    • 5140 Views
    • 21 Comments
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    The Fox News Way

    AUGUST 19, 2012 10:30AM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: politics, economics, fox news, sean hannity, propaganda, right wing, strom thurmond, dixiecrats, southern strategy, trent lott, segregation, republican party, mitch mcconnell, mainstream media, liberal bias, conservatism, liberalism, double standards, rush limbaugh, gay rights, chick-fil-a, bigotry, president obama, democratic party, bill clinton, democracy, authoritarianism, theocracy, big business, states rights, angry left, propaganda, news judgment, joseph pulitzer, conservative movement, plato, noble lie, southern conservatives, ku klux klan, civil rights act of 1964, al gore

    • Editor's Pick
    • 11 Ratings
    • 5102 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

    • 12 Ratings
    • 4847 Views
    • 25 Comments
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    Rethinking Mega-Corporations

    MARCH 15, 2009 8:19PM

    By Kent Pitman


    Topics: inefficiency, market efficiency, singularity, ai, robots, free market, market, robustness, diversity, many minds, many minds hypothesis, competition, maximum size corporation, maximum size company, megacorporations, politics, economics, business

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