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IMF Report on Inequality: Abandon "Trickle-Down" Economics and Pay Lowest Earners More
If governments wanted to increase the pace of growth they should concentrate on helping the poorest 20% of citizens.
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Why Fast Track Would Hand Total Control of the Money Supply to Private Banks — Permanently
The Trade in Services Agreement now being debated for Fast Track would open the doors even wider for private banks and commercial service industries – and slam the door on governments seeking to open private banking sectors to public ownership.
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The Student Loan Crisis and the Debtfare State
With over $1 trillion in outstanding loan balances, the student loan industry has a lot in common with the subprime mortgage industry.
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With Deep Ties to Politicians, Private Prisons Have Exploded As Profit Centers
Politicians have favored private prisons because they’re supposed to save taxpayer money – but they haven’t, and meanwhile they generate windfall profits for corporate shareholders while creating far worse conditions for prisoners.
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From Health to Schools, Welfare to Housing, Britain's New Conservatives Rule Only With Austerity
The People's Assembly is calling for a major national demonstration on June 20 to send a clear message to the Tory government that we demand an alternative to austerity.
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There’s Nothing Heroic about Stealing Water from the Commons
The case of a water hoarder in Oregon reveals a lot about the perils of viewing water as a private commodity.
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New Data Reveals How The Richest 0.001 Percent Pay Income Taxes
Tax day doesn’t sting much if you live at the gilded edge.
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Even the Global Oil Giants Are Now Calling for A Price On Carbon Pollution
The letter comes six months before U.N. member countries are due to meet in Paris to hammer out an international agreement to cut greenhouse gases.
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The People's Lawyer: Fighting Against Foreclosure Fraud and Courts' Abuse of Power
"I think this economic collapse was carefully calculated as a means to redistribute wealth from the middle class to the wealthy."
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Bankers from Major Institutions Still Haven't Been Held Responsible for Financial Crash
In the seven years since the financial crisis, none of the top executives at the Wall Street banks that fueled and profited from the housing bubble have been held to account – even as their companies admitted wrongdoing and paid billions in fines.
