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Commentary Roos: #23F: Mass Demonstrations Against Financial Coup In Spain

Commentary, February, 25 2013 Jérôme E. Roos
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Hundreds of thousands take to the streets to denounce austerity and defend democracy as corruption scandals shake Spanish royal house and government

Znet Article Smith: 5 Reasons The Keystone Pipeline Is Bad For The Economy

Znet Article, February, 25 2013 Brendan Smith
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The American labor movement is once again facing a most controversial issue — the construction of the Keystone XL pipeline

Znet Article Rasmus: How Congress Could Fix Its Budget Woes, Revisited: The Financial Transactions Tax Alternative

Znet Article, February, 24 2013 Jack Rasmus
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The banksters are terrified of the idea of a financial transaction tax because support could catch popular fire and spread rapidly

Znet Article Albert: Doubt, or Denial?

Znet Article, February, 24 2013 Michael Albert
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Another entry in the series of an explorations/debates regarding parecon and peercommony

Forum Post Marcinkowski: Couldn't Agree with you more

Forum Post, February, 24 2013 Joe Marcinkowski
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I would requie the tax to be used for specific social programs. The state of New York has collected taxes from Wall Street, only to give them back. Robin Hood tax suggested in Europe is a good example. If we have the same tax in Europe and the US...

Znet Article Brecher: How EPA Climate Protection Can Be America’s Greatest Jobs Producer

Znet Article, February, 22 2013 Jeremy Brecher
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A comprehensive program to convert to a climate safe economy will produce tens of millions of jobs

Znet Article Rasmus: “America’s Ten Crises: Part 10—Income Inequality”

Znet Article, February, 22 2013 Jack Rasmus
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The dominant characteristic of the US economy today is the long term and continuing growth of income inequality in America

Znet Article Oldfield: The Lincoln Myth: Social Mobility in America

Znet Article, February, 21 2013 Ken Oldfield
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. Ability is stretched or stunted by the family that you live with, and the neighbourhood you live in – by the school you go to and the poverty or the richness of your surroundings

Commentary Cooke: What the 1% Heard During Obama's State of the Union Speech

Commentary, February, 19 2013 Shamus Cooke
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Obama's state of the union address was a pro-corporate agenda packaged with chocolate covered rhetoric for the masses; easy to swallow, but deadly poisonous

Znet Article Baker: Debt-To-GDP Nonsense

Znet Article, February, 19 2013 Dean Baker
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The US government has a huge amount of assets that it could sell at any time and thereby reduce its debt

Commentary Sturgis: The Case For Raising The Minimum Wage

Commentary, February, 18 2013 Sue Sturgis
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Of the jobs gained during the recovery, percentage that were in lower-wage occupations: 58

Znet Article Rasmus: U.S. GDP and the Global Economic Slowdown

Znet Article, February, 17 2013 Jack Rasmus
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Economic data reported in recent weeks show the global economy is slowing rapidly across all segments

Znet Article Clark: Workfare: A Policy On The Brink

Znet Article, February, 17 2013 Warren Clark
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The success of the campaign against workfare has put the policy’s future in doubt

Commentary Xypolia: Greece's Big Smog: Neoliberal Austerity, Public Health, and the Environment

Commentary, February, 17 2013 Ilia Xypolia
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The cost of heating oil has become unaffordable for the overtaxed and underpaid Greeks -- resulting in the use of the cheaper alternative of solid fuels

Znet Article Ross: Venezuela: The Revolution Devalued?

Znet Article, February, 17 2013 Clifton Ross
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The Venezuelan bolívar was finally devalued by 47% on February 8

Znet Article Tsipras: The Greek Revival Plan

Znet Article, February, 13 2013 Alexis Tsipras
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Worsening inequalities cannot be regarded as a mere secondary effect of the financial crisis. The Greek financial system reflects the cronyism uniting the elites

Commentary Rasmus: Obama’s 2013 State of the Union Address: Tragedy Has Many Faces

Commentary, February, 13 2013 Jack Rasmus
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The State of the Union address last night, February 12, was proof, once again, that everything changes but nothing changes with the two parties in Washington

Forum Post Jones: Thanks

Forum Post, February, 13 2013 Chris Jones
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Just wanted to say thank you for this well written and insighful piece on life in Athens.

Znet Article Siefkes: Why I Still Doubt

Znet Article, February, 13 2013 Christian Siefkes
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The parecon and peercommony exploration/debate continues

Forum Post Ross: Struck by Mr. Blankfein Numbers

Forum Post, February, 12 2013 Michael Ross
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Thank you Bill Moyers for this insightfull video. I was particularly taken aback by Lloyd Blankfein's statement about people expecting to get a 30 year retirement after working 25 years. Some people may have that expectation, like Mr. Bla...

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