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Our Growing Income Inequality -- It's NOT an Accident (Prof. Hendrik van den Berg)
Hendrik van den Berg Hendrik van den Berg, University of Nebraska-Lincoln professor of economics April 18, 2011 (NebraskansForPeace.org) -- Something very disturbing has been happening in the United ...
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Who Owns The World? The Contours of Global Order (Noam Chomsky)
Apr. 21, 2011 (Tom Dispatch) -- The democracy uprising in the Arab world has been a spectacular display of courage, dedication, and commitment by popular forces -- coinciding, fortuitously, with a ...
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Fiscal Conservatives Dodge $10 Trillion Debt (Simon Johnson)
Apr. 19, 2011 (Bloomberg) -- Washington is filled with self-congratulation this week, with Republicans claiming that they have opened serious discussion of the U.S. budget deficit and President ...
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Bernanke Strikes Again; QE2 sends margin debt soaring to new highs (Mike Whitney)
Apr. 21, 2011 (Information Clearing House) -- Interest rates are the Fed's main tool for implementing policy, but when interest rates are already at zero and activity is still weak, then the Fed may ...
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Economic Outlook Brightens on Leading Indicators, Confidence (Alex Kowalski and Timothy R. Homan)
Apr. 21, 2011 (Bloomberg) -- The index of U.S. leading indicators increased for a ninth month in March and Americans’ confidence rose for a fourth week, signaling the expansion may withstand higher ...
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Marijuana smoke odor in car not enough for police action? (Reuters)
Apr. 20 2011 -- BOSTON (Reuters) - The smell of marijuana smoke is no longer enough reason for police to order someone out of a car, now that pot has been decriminalized in Massachusetts, the ...
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The New Corporate World Order (Robert Scheer)
Apr. 20, 2011 (TruthDig.com) -- The debate over Republicans’ insistence on continued tax breaks for the superrich and the corporations they run should come to a screeching halt with the report in ...
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The Politics of Corruption (Lawrence Davidson)
Lobby, Lobbification, Lobbified Apr. 18, 2011 (Information Clearing House) -- Lobbification is a word I have just coined for the corruptive process that bends politicians to the will of special ...
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Obama Settles on 2012 Campaign Slogan 'I'm Not as Bad as Palin' (Mike Whitney)
Apr. 18, 2011 (Information Clearing House) -- Barack Obama's prospects for reelection are much worse than his handlers think. There's a big opening for the GOP to retake the White House in 2012 and ...
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Throw Out the Money Changers (Chris Hedges)
Apr. 18, 2011 (TruthDig.com) -- These are remarks Chris Hedges made in Union Square in New York City last Friday during a protest outside a branch office of the Bank of America. We stand today ...
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Emergency chief takes action against Benton Harbor, Mich. (AP)
Apr. 16, 2011 -- BENTON HARBOR, Mich. (AP) -- A state-appointed emergency financial manager has suspended the decision-making powers of Benton Harbor officials in a move that's likely the first act ...
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