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Another Root of the Tree of Modern Republicanism
OCTOBER 31, 2012 12:50PM
Topics: social, culture, environment, wealth, economics, third world, racism, ayn rand, gilded age, american history, politics, books, belief/religion
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- 28 Comments
Reflections On India
MARCH 26, 2009 9:09AM
Topics: open call, pollution, economics, culture, travel, adventure, sean paul kelley, india
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- 10112 Views
- 37 Comments
The War on Teaching Wages On in Higher Ed
MARCH 30, 2012 2:59PM
Topics: war on teachers, teacher bashing, economics, working, upper middle class, salaries, teaching, education, do college professors work hard enough?, david levy
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- 9968 Views
- 56 Comments
Cramer v Stewart: A Counterpoint
MARCH 13, 2009 11:56AM
Topics: journalism, economics, the daily show, cnbc, jim cramer, jon stewart
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- 9218 Views
- 43 Comments
Geithner 2.0 debuts on Hill, sinks claws into congressman
NOVEMBER 20, 2009 5:29PM
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
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- 8710 Views
- 25 Comments
Double Dip: Will We Repeat 1937?
MARCH 4, 2010 8:38AM
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
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- 7230 Views
- 60 Comments
Obama wants to "punish success?" Give me a break
JULY 27, 2012 10:01AM
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
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- 6921 Views
- 36 Comments
Frontline’s “Money, Power & Wall Street”
MAY 2, 2012 1:18PM
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
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- 6746 Views
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Scalia embodies power corrupt right wing
JUNE 27, 2012 1:00PM
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
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The Ethical Bankruptcy of AIG Bonuses
MARCH 17, 2009 7:59AM
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
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- 6561 Views
- 3 Comments
Capitalism and Feudalism
JUNE 28, 2009 1:23AM
Topics: economics, feudalism, capitalism, anarchism, socialism, politics
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- 6525 Views
- 21 Comments
Better Than Bingo--Move Over Mr. Buffett
AUGUST 28, 2011 3:07PM
Topics: stocks, stock market, warren buffet, trading, traders, finances, financial, markets, economics, business, economy
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- 5892 Views
- 53 Comments
The New Deal WORKED. Deal with it, Neanderthals.
FEBRUARY 17, 2009 3:24PM
Topics: per capita income, unemployment, wpa, gross domestic product, gdp, economic recovery, neanderthals, neocons, economic history, econometrics, economics, new deal, fdr, stimulus package
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- 5436 Views
- 4 Comments
Regulated Capitalism vs. Socialism
SEPTEMBER 14, 2009 3:17AM
Topics: politics, economics, philosophy, socialism, capitalism
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- 5413 Views
- 13 Comments
Election Day: Odds against McCain
NOVEMBER 4, 2008 2:13AM
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
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- 5301 Views
- 18 Comments
Autos and Dominoes
NOVEMBER 18, 2008 5:21PM
Topics: economics
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- 5268 Views
- 34 Comments
Living Longer on Less in an Age Where Banks Thrive on Excess
OCTOBER 23, 2009 4:10PM
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
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- 5140 Views
- 21 Comments
The Fox News Way
AUGUST 19, 2012 10:30AM
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
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- 5102 Views
- 15 Comments
Why is the Republican field so weak?
JANUARY 18, 2012 3:02PM
Topics: family research council, rick santorum, washington post, fred hiatt, tea party, right wing, 2010 election, republican party, economics, politics
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- 4847 Views
- 25 Comments
Rethinking Mega-Corporations
MARCH 15, 2009 8:19PM
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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