The American people clearly spoke, and the drubbing Democrats received requires looking beyond just issue polls, voting patterns, campaign strategy, or get-out-the-vote tactics.
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How Soon Will American Populism Reclaim Democracy From the Oligarchs?
We know that the rich and big corporations now dominate the political process to an extreme worthy of an oligarchy – and we know that the only counter to organized money is mobilized people.
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Krugman: What the 1% Doesn't Want You to Know
The Nobel-winning economist Paul Krugman explains how the U.S. is becoming an oligarchy.
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Recipe For Revolt: America Is Wealthier But Americans Are Poorer
Latest data on capital gains show enormous windfalls for wealthiest at the expense of vast majority of Americans.
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Why Washington’s Polarization and Gridlock Work to Enrich the 1%
Washington gridlock helps the super-rich stay rich, and get richer. And the richer they get, the more the gridlock actually helps them.
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Why Austerity Is Pushing Europe into Social and Economic Decline
A protracted period of poverty, mass unemployment, social exclusion, greater inequality and collective despair is facing Europe since the austerity policies adopted in recent years. And it's only getting worse.
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Revealed: The World's Richest 8% Earn Half of All Planetary Income
Global inequality is much greater than inequality within any individual country.
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The Politics of Envy: Why the Super Rich Will Never Be Happy
The capture by the executive class of so much wealth performs no useful function. On the contrary, essential public services are cut so that the rich may pay less tax.
