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America Keeps People Poor On Purpose

America Keeps People Poor On Purpose
Wed, 8/27/2014 - by Hedrick Smith
This article originally appeared on Yes! Magazine

How four decades of lobbying and legislation gave corporations dominion over our economy—and eroded the American middle class.

 

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