Biden cared more about the appearance of having an independent DOJ untainted by politics than he did about holding an unrepentant criminal ex-president accountable.
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Egypt and Ethiopia Spar Over Future of Water as Massive Dam Project Proceeds
While Ethiopia continues to move forward on the huge Renaissance Dam, Egypt is fighting back with legislation of its own to guarantee that its water share, arranged in colonial-era treaties, is not usurped by the construction project.
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Global Power Project: Exposing the Institute of International Finance, Part 1
The Institute of International Finance represents the very "visible hand" of financial markets, wielding immense influence and boasting unparalleled access to central bankers and top policymakers from around the world.
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Illinois Bill Seeks Financial Transaction Tax on $800 Trillion Derivatives Market
A Financial Transaction Tax would be easy to administer and difficult to evade. Why should the rest of us pay up to 10% on the necessities of life while risky derivative purchases aren't taxed at all?
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Collateral Damage: QE3 and the Shadow Banking System
Rather than expanding the money supply, quantitative easing has actually caused it to shrink by sucking up the collateral needed by the shadow banking system to create credit.
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Global Power Project, Part 5: Banking on Influence With Goldman Sachs
We examined a total of 83 individuals at Goldman Sachs, including executives, members of the board of directors and several advisory boards, to uncover their connections within some of the world's powerful institutions.
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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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Remake the Fed, Build Public Banks — and Opt Out of Wall Street
Should the Federal Reserve remain in private hands?
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The Truth About Extreme Global Inequality
The richest 300 people on earth have more wealth than the poorest 3 billion. We need to change the rules, and we need to do it quickly.
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E.U. Climate Commissioner: "Stop Paying the Polluters"
Harnessing the existing broad consensus against fossil-fuel subsidies is possible even in the absence of a legal agreement.
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Corporate Tax Betrayal: Ripping off the Public and Running with the Profits
Multinational corporations built their businesses on the backs of American taxpayers by depending on government research, national defense, the legal and educational systems and our infrastructure.
