Economy

James K. Galbraith: How to Stop the Path of Economic and Social Destruction

By James K. Galbraith / AlterNet

The verdict is in: austerity economics is a global loser.

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Chinese Workers Take Over Their Factories, With Bosses Kidnapped

By Han Tang / Labor Notes

Journalism Is in a Disastrous State -- But for a Handful of Millionaire Pundits, It's a Wonderful Life

By Peter Hart / FAIR

Absurd: Billionaire Koch Brother Claims Eliminating Minimum Wage Would Help the Poor

By Rod Bastanmehr / AlterNet

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By Amy Dean / YES! Magazine

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Economy

Oregon Students Fight Back Against Debt, And Win

David Dayen / AlterNet

How Tim Geithner Gets $200,000 a Pop to Chat With Big Banks

Lynn Stuart Parramore / AlterNet

Activists Sue Federal Agency for Illegally Withholding Affordable Housing Funds

Alyssa Figueroa / AlterNet

Here's What Everyone Needs to Know about the Federal Reserve

Stephen H. Axilrod / Oxford University Press

The Sneaky Game Banking Giants Are Playing to Suck More Money From the Foreclosure Crisis

Yves Smith / Naked Capitalism

Eliot Spitzer to Run for New York City Comptroller, Will Collect Petition Signatures at Midday at Union Square

Lynn Stuart Parramore / AlterNet

Oligarchs of the New Feudal Order Have Big Plans for You: Buy the Pavement and Charge You to Walk

Michael Hudson / AlterNet

New Site Aims to Be Kickstarter for Porn

Tracy Clark-Flory / Salon

Would We Be Better Off Without the Internet?

Andrew Leonard / Salon

Las Vegas Suburb Accused of Plotting to Seize 5,000 Homes with Eminent Domain to Flip Them for a Profit

Megan Gallegos / Courthouse News

American Intellectuals' Widespread Failure to Stand Up to Billionaires and Authoritarian Power

Robert Jensen / AlterNet

BART Strike Comes to End -- For Now

Alyssa Figueroa / AlterNet

Why Brazilians Are Sick of Corrupt Politicians: And Signs That Their Government is Actually Listening

Lynn Stuart Parramore / AlterNet

Think Your Money is Safe in an Insured Bank Account? Think Again.

Ellen Brown / Web of Debt blog

Meet the Elites Inside the $4 Trillion Global Powerhouse Bank of JP Morgan Chase

Andrew Gavin Marshall / AlterNet

Debating Your Conservative Relatives at the July 4 Picnic—6 Popular Inequality Myths Debunked

Sean McElwee / AlterNet

As BART Strike in California Stretches into July 4th Holiday, Talks Resume

April M. Short / AlterNet

Report: Immigrants Play Critical Role in Driving U.S. Talent and Economic Competitiveness

Paul McDaniel / Immigration Impact

How One City's Grassroots Activists Did the 'Impossible' and Pushed Back the Politicians' Austerity Agenda

Mark Vorpahl / AlterNet

7 Key Things You Need to Know About the BART Strike in California

Alyssa Figueroa / AlterNet

How Hemp Legalization Would Benefit My Family and Country

Doug Fine / National Cannabis Coalition

More Evidence That America's Middle Class Is Sliding Toward the Third World

Paul Buchheit / AlterNet

13 Mindblowing Facts About America's Tax-Dodging Corporations

Richard Eskow / AlterNet

Emergency Manager Wants to Sell Off City's Precious Art, While Banks Get Fatter

Toby Barlow / The Weeklings

Stephen Colbert & BIll Moyers: The Sudden Disappearance of the Voting Rights Act

Bill Moyers, Stephen Colbert / BillMoyers.com

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