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Robert Reich Debunks 6 Big GOP Lies About The Economy
Robert Reich challenges common conservative arguments about taxes, government, jobs, and Social Security.
Elizabeth Warren on Debt and the Social Contract
Well spoken
Housing Starts and Recessions
They go together
Federal Debt and Tax Brackets
Quite a relationship
Creating Jobs
A skeptical look at the idea that weapons sales can be defended as job creation.
Largest Employer in the World
The U.S. Department of Defense is one of the world's largest employers, but Walmart, China's PLA, CNPC, the NHS, and Indian Railways also employ workforces at extraordinary scale.
Greek Default not Priced into Euro
Contagion risk a big unknown
GOP Wants to Repeal the 20th Century?
There is a long laundry list
The Purpose of a Bank
We have lost our way
John Williams on the Economic Outlook
Some points to ponder
Corporate Profits and Unemployment
From the St Louis Fed
Bernie Sanders Speaking to Steel Workers
Before you bash unions, watch this
Sunday Night Markets and Futures
studying up before the week starts
Roubini and Wolfensohn
Two great economists
Race to the Bottom, Currencies and Wages
How do we make sense of this?
Bernie Sanders on Social Security
It was developed with the goal to reduce the number of seniors in poverty
Austerity Stimulated Growth?
It's kind of a crazy idea from the start
Finding Democracy
This is an essay about democracy in America.
How to Tax the Job Creators
Based on their contribution of course