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    Vulture Capitalism Is About "Values?"

    MAY 17, 2012 9:37AM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: public schools, bain capital, steve jobs, egalitarianism, class warfare, income redistribution, limited government, social democracy, jonathan chait, finance reform, financial crisis, credit default swap, masters of the universe, democracy, 99% and 1%, commercialism, too big to fail, oligarchy, robber barons, socialism, entrepreneurialism, bill gates, new deal, egalitarianism, jeff jacoby, thomas friedman, american enterprise institute, arthur brooks, free market, supply-side economics, capitalism, american exceptionalism, freedom, financial reform, wall street, jamie dimon, jpmorgan, economics, politics

    • 3 Ratings
    • 382 Views
    • 4 Comments
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    Thomas Friedman and the Law of Averages

    FEBRUARY 2, 2012 4:19PM

    By Laura Wilkerson


    Topics: new york times, work, workers, employment, technology, self serve, grocery stores, cashiers, wait staff, restaurants, averages, mit, security, zappos, united states, egypt, china, mumbai, labor, unions, revolution, education, debt, average, thomas friedman

    • 2 Ratings
    • 382 Views
    • 3 Comments
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    Fictional Davos Discussion Between Tim Geithner & China Rep

    FEBRUARY 2, 2012 3:29PM

    By Howard Steven Friedman


    Topics: world news, wall street bailout, trade imbalance, quantitative easing, manufacturing jobs, manufacturing, free trade, currency manipulation, cheap labor, capitalism, american manufacturing, united states, tim geithner, thomas friedman, the world is flat, state capitalism, jeff immelt, general electric, freddie mac, fannie mae, china currency, davos 2012, davos, citigroup, china, bailout, aig, world economic forum, bear stearns, bank of america

    • 1 Ratings
    • 379 Views
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    GOP: A different sorta pickle

    JANUARY 15, 2012 9:17PM

    By potterpoliticalpickle


    Topics: open call, politics, new york times, thomas friedman, david brooks, new hampshire, iowa, republican nominee, 2012 presidential elections, gop, social conservatives, rick santorum, newt gingrich, jon huntsman, mitt romney

    • 5 Ratings
    • 850 Views
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    Thomas Friedman exposed

    DECEMBER 13, 2011 10:35AM

    By Steven Rockford


    Topics: thomas friedman

    • 2 Ratings
    • 229 Views
    • 1 Comments
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    For love of stuff.

    JUNE 9, 2011 10:43AM

    By roSPORKad


    Topics: hoarding, stuff, the great disruption, thomas friedman, jonathan franzen, new york times, my tiny hypocrisy

    • Editor's Pick
    • 7 Ratings
    • 1221 Views
    • 10 Comments
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    Back to Cairo: Welcome to (the new) Egypt!

    MARCH 3, 2011 1:19AM

    By Naqib's Daughter


    Topics: politics, middle eastbelief/religion, uprising, revolution, tahrir square, protests, mubarak, riots, egypt, cairo, arabs' 1848, thomas friedman

    • 0 Ratings
    • 451 Views
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    NYT's Thomas Friedman on rescuing public education

    SEPTEMBER 13, 2010 11:11AM

    By Rheba77


    Topics: news, public education, thomas friedman, new york times

    • 0 Ratings
    • 246 Views
    • 2 Comments
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    Outages

    JULY 28, 2010 6:58AM

    By Nick Weber


    Topics: electrical failures, internet, planetary interconnectedness, thomas friedman, robert watson

    • 14 Ratings
    • 1747 Views
    • 21 Comments
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    Israeli-Gaza relief boat conflict is 3,000 years old

    JUNE 3, 2010 10:02AM

    By grif -


    Topics: arabs, jews, palestine, thomas friedman, gaza, israel, israeli commando raid, middle east

    • 2 Ratings
    • 643 Views
    • 7 Comments
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    Penny Wise, Pound Foolish

    MAY 18, 2010 2:30PM

    By LuminousMuse


    Topics: mcmansions, royalty free music, thomas friedman

    • 1 Ratings
    • 1321 Views
    • 1 Comments
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    Innovation Through Leadership: It’s Time for a Moon Shot!

    FEBRUARY 1, 2010 8:51AM

    By Jim Taggart


    Topics: transnationals, thomas friedman, self-empowerment, moonshot, leadership, innovation, immigration, global economy, global competition, foreign students in america, education, china

    • 11 Ratings
    • 690 Views
    • 8 Comments
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    The R Word

    JANUARY 31, 2010 2:57PM

    By Liane Carter


    Topics: politics, wall street journal, rahm emanuel, thomas friedman, charlie rose, cnn, afghanistan, disability, special olympics, special needs, autism

    • 3 Ratings
    • 687 Views
    • 8 Comments
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    Thomas Friedman's Narrative vs. The Truth

    DECEMBER 8, 2009 2:23AM

    By Alaska Progressive


    Topics: major nidal hassan, drone attacks, israel, palestine, afghanistan, iraq, indonesia, pakistan, somali pirates, darfur, politics, muslims, thomas friedman, ft hood

    • 0 Ratings
    • 225 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    What's Up With The Rainforest: Stop Rainforest Destruction

    NOVEMBER 17, 2009 2:51PM

    By jamescannonboyce


    Topics: willie smits, thomas friedman, rainforest alliance, james boyce, economics of ecosystems and biodiversity study, damian kanya, brazil, bp, borneo, american electric power

    • 1 Ratings
    • 274 Views
    • 1 Comments
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    Hey Gen Y! Can You Become Untouchable?

    OCTOBER 26, 2009 8:58AM

    By Jim Taggart


    Topics: education, skills, technology, thomas friedman, generation y, global competitiveness

    • 0 Ratings
    • 256 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    Poisonous Politics /Where did'We' Go? by T.Friedman

    OCTOBER 1, 2009 11:44AM

    By SusanThur


    Topics: thomas friedman, politics

    • 0 Ratings
    • 619 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    Governed by Lemmings: The Pitfalls of Consumer Choice

    JUNE 4, 2009 2:00PM

    By Adam miller


    Topics: economics, policy, government, consumers, health care, insurance, california election, gail collins, student loans, thomas friedman

    • 2 Ratings
    • 310 Views
    • 2 Comments
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    Friedman's Flawed Logic

    APRIL 29, 2009 3:45PM

    By Jan Linn


    Topics: equality, the constitution, obama, torture, politics, thomas friedman

    • 2 Ratings
    • 446 Views
    • 1 Comments
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    Friedman comes out in support of terrorism

    JANUARY 15, 2009 1:09PM

    By montcalm


    Topics: glenn greenwald, glenzilla, thomas friedman, war, violence, terrorism, media, nyt, new york times, west bank, gaza, politics, palestine, israel

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