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Gingrich Gave Push to Clients, Not Just Ideas
Newt Gingrich is adamant that he is not a lobbyist, but in the eight years since he started his health care ...Posted by Fabrice Florin -
Congress: Trading stock on inside information?
(Video) Washington, D.C. is a town that runs on inside information - but should our elected officials be able to use that ...Posted by Fabrice Florin -
Revealed - the capitalist network that runs the world
An analysis of the relationships between 43,000 transnational corporations has identified a relatively small group ...Posted by Dwight Rousu -
Wall Street Aristocracy Secretly Got $1.2 Trillion From Fed
Citigroup Inc. and Bank of America Corp. were the reigning champions of finance in 2006 as home prices peaked, ...Posted by Dwight Rousu -
Is the SEC Covering Up Wall Street Crimes?
Imagine a world in which a man who is repeatedly investigated for a string of serious crimes, but never prosecuted, ...Posted by Samuel W. Velsor IV -
U.S. Stocks Drop Sharply Amid Fears About Europe
Stocks on Wall Street finished steeply lower on Wednesday as the financial sector dragged down the broader market, ...Posted by Fabrice Florin
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Income for top 1 percent skyrocketed over last 30 years
(Blog Post) So you already know that the gap between rich and poor has been widening lately. But some new numbers from the ...Posted by Barry Grossheim -
Ron Paul nets over $2.7 million in "money bomb" campaign
US presidential candidate Ron Paul has raised around $2.7 million for his campaign over the past three days, in one ...Posted by George Watson -
Sarah Palin's Husband Admits on Video That His Wife Quit Being Governor So She Could Make More Money
The Rachel Maddow Show staff dug up a video yesterday that shows an interesting moment of candor by Sarah Palin's ...Posted by Dwight Rousu -
Wealth Gap Between Minorities and White Americans Doubles After Housing Crisis, Recession
A new study of U.S. census data reveals that wealth gaps between whites and minorities in the United States have ...Posted by Dwight Rousu
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Op-Ed Columnist: G.O.P. Monetary Madness
When it comes to views on economics, Republicans have been consistent, clear and wrong.Posted by Manfred Ostrowski -
How to save the euro
So grave, so menacing, so unstoppable has the euro crisis become that even rescue talk only fuels ever-rising ...Posted by Fabrice Florin -
DNC chair blames Tea Party ‘tyrants’ for S&P credit rating downgrade
(Blog Post) Alicia M. Cohn / The Hill: DNC chair blames Tea Party ‘tyrants’ for S&P credit rating downgrade — The ...Posted by Samuel W. Velsor IV -
The Mistake of 2010
A look at some recent dismal economic data shows the results of a pivot away from jobs to other concerns.Posted by Jon Mitchell -
The classical view of the global recession
(Blog Post) The disappointing economic data on US activity in recent months has brought a key policy debate back into focus. Is ...Posted by Jon Mitchell -
When Austerity Fails
I often complain, with reason, about the state of economic discussion in the United States. And the ...Posted by Jon Mitchell
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5 New Rules for an Economy That Works
The 99% is growing stronger and larger. The next step is to move the country. Which requires us to decide where we ...Posted by Dwight Rousu -
Food stamp program doubles in region, abuse soars | Leah Fabel | Virginia | Washington Examiner
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The Economy Is Doomed Says Charles R. Morris
Over the last few days, global markets have been surging and collapsing like a teeny-bopper’s hormones. The ...Posted by Fabrice Florin -
Robert Parry’s July Fourth Appeal
In a modern age of mass communication, it has turned out that sophisticated propaganda and false narratives can be ...Posted by Dwight Rousu
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