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The Heartbreaking Upper Big Branch Mine Settlement
DECEMBER 8, 2011 8:33AM
Topics: corporate murder, corporations are people too, regulatory capture, mike elk, senator joe manchin, deregulation, government regulation, environmental regulation, all the devils are here, bethany mclean, inc., mccoy coal group, npr, howard berkes, jr., ken ward, richard trumpka, coal tattoo, charleston gazette, alpha national resources, kevin stricklin, increasingly clean coal, tony oppegard, msha, mine safety and health administration, gary wayne quarles. booth goodwin, gary quarles, don blankenship, massey energy, rex mullins, clay mullins, upper big branch mine settlement, upper big branch mine disaster, coal mining disasters, coal mining, coal, environment, business
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Occupy Wall Street: NYPD Regards Protest As Terrorism?
SEPTEMBER 26, 2011 1:42PM
Topics: occupy wall street, new york police department, nypd, new york, wall street, financial district, goldman sachs, j.p. morgan-chase, wells fargo, a.i.g., commodities speculation, high gasoline prices, sec, securities and exchange commission, law, legal, finance, news, politics, radicals, radicalism, class war, tea party, tea party patriots, tea party express, tea party nation, freedomworks, dick armey, koch brothers, abc, cbs, nbc, msnbc, fox news, cnn, left-wing, right-wing, police, protest, first amendment, gordon hilgers, fourth amendment, illegal search and seizure, socialism, communism, free market, government regulation, new york city
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Why We Lurch from Disaster to Disaster & How to Fix It
MAY 20, 2010 8:53AM
Topics: epic fail, public policy, business, e. coli. politics, usda, upper big branch mine disaster, war in iraq, george w. bush, massey energy chairman don blankenship, drill baby drill, rush limbaugh, exxon valdez, brian b. o’neill, mississippi governor haley barbour, citizens united decision, 501(c)4s, richard shelby, market talk blog, paul vigna, joyce appleby, government regulation, charlie savage, luke mitchell, transocean, halliburton, bp america, three mile island, bp deepwater horizon oil disaster, ideological rigidity, technology will fix it, short-term perspectives, short memories, political capture, regulatory capture, reactive government, man-made disaster, 911, gulf oil spill, economic meltdown, hurricane katrina, war on terror, disasters
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Why Mexico can make you a libertarian
APRIL 18, 2010 1:09PM
Topics: mexico, socialism, government regulation, third world, john mccain, political science, political theory where the rubber meets the road, john wayne, dc-3s
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Target's new recycling centers are free market at its finest
APRIL 12, 2010 5:22PM
Topics: environmentalism, sustainability, government regulation, recycling, free market economy, walmart, target
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Here’s My Vote for an Investigative Journalism Pulitzer
DECEMBER 3, 2009 9:13AM
Topics: business, food/drink, health, pulitzer prize for explanatory reporting 2010, public health, pulitzer prize, 2010 pulitzer prize, investigative journalism, new york times, michael moss, “e. coli path shows flaws in beef inspection”, stephanie smith, american chef’s selection angus beef patties, cargill, usda, u.s.d.a., brett chambers, cargill meat solutions corporation, anatomy of a burger, american meat institute, e. coli o15:h7, e. coli, o15:h7, nicole johnson, kirsten gillibrand, food safety, beef recall, ground beef safety, government regulation, ben garvin
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A new, new world financial order?
OCTOBER 1, 2009 8:30PM
Topics: checks and balances, congress, ron paul, the free market economy, government regulation, current financial meltdown, ben bernacke, federal reserve board
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Medical Transparency: The Siren’s Call
AUGUST 26, 2009 9:37AM
Topics: actuarial, insured, insure, catastrophic, catastrophe, incentivize, incentive, privatized, privatize, private, tom coburn, coburn, meet the press, religious, religion, personal responsibility, responsibility, medical savings account, medical savings, savings, government intervention, government regulation, government, intervention, regulation, free market, market, universal coverage, coverage, universal care, care, single payer, public option, socialism, socialist, capitalism, capitalist, for-profit, profit, risk pooling, risk pools, pooling, pool, insurance, business, r&d, research, technology, science, health care, health, medical care, medicine, politics, kennedy, edward m. kennedy, ted kennedy
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- 2757 Views
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Medical Care and the Free-Market Catch-22
AUGUST 22, 2009 4:43PM
Topics: incentivize, incentive, privatized, privatize, private, government intervention, government regulation, government, intervention, regulation, free market, market, unseen hand, eligibility, existing condition, pre-existing condition, exclusion, exclude, universal coverage, coverage, universal care, care, single payer, public option, socialism, socialist, capitalism, capitalist, for-profit, profit, risk pooling, risk pools, pooling, pool, insurance, business, health care, health, medical care, medicine, irresolvable, conflicting, unhelpful, hypocrite, hypocrisy, overconstrained, paradoxical, paradox, conundrum, impossible bind, double bind, catch-22, politics
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- 994 Views
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Big, big news no one is paying any attention to!
JULY 17, 2009 2:00AM
Topics: us congress, great depression, economy, economic meltdown, pecora commission, sec, fdic, government regulation, news, business, politics
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- 552 Views
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The Spiraling Tobacco Road
JUNE 12, 2009 6:16PM
Topics: the friendinator, tobacco, big tobacco, fda, food and drug administration, government, taxes, federal government, smoking, capitalism, government regulation
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- 580 Views
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WE ARE ALL CRIMINALS (Or Will Be)
MAY 29, 2009 4:12PM
Topics: corruption, geithner, government regulation, income taxes, kazakhstan, obama, tax cheating
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