Economy

The 4 Big Ways That Insatiable Corporate Hunger for Profits Has Devastated American Life -- and the World Along with It

By Paul Buchheit / AlterNet

Big business is making its way around the world like a modern-day Attila the Hun, pillaging and despoiling the planet.

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The Real Scandal: How the IRS Favors the Rich

By David Dayen / Salon

Four Easy Fixes for Corporate Taxation

By Kenneth Thomas / Middle Class Political Economist

Catholic Church Finally Decides That Austerity is Bad

By Yves Smith / Naked Capitalism

A Handy Reference Guide on Who is Donating to Corporate-Style Education Reform

By Jessie B. Ramey / Yinzercation

The 4 Big Ways That Insatiable Corporate Hunger for Profits Has Devastated American Life -- and the World Along with It

Cornel West Warns of Rising Authoritarianism: “You Can Get Killed Out Here Trying to Tell the Truth!”

WATCH: Stewart Ridicules Obama for Apparent Cluelessness on Administration's Latest Scandals

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Economy

Cornel West Warns of Rising Authoritarianism: “You Can Get Killed Out Here Trying to Tell the Truth!”

Lynn Stuart Parramore / AlterNet

WATCH: Stewart Ridicules Obama for Apparent Cluelessness on Administration's Latest Scandals

Alyssa Figueroa / AlterNet

Elizabeth Warren Is Turning Out as Good as Promised

Robert Scheer / Truthdig

These Monthly Job Reports Aren't Stopping America's Middle Class from Burning to the Ground

Jim Hightower / AlterNet

Elderly Man Allegedly Dies in Court Fighting Wells Fargo 'Wrongful' Foreclosure

Matt Reynolds / Courthouse News

College Execs have Private Jets? New Report Finds Public University Presidents Live Large

Alyssa Figueroa / AlterNet

After 20 Years, Congress May Finally Pass Internet Sales Tax. Is it Too Late to Save Local Businesses?

Stacy Mitchell / AlterNet

Welcome to the Brave New World of Corporatized Medicine: Just Hope You Don't Get Sick!

Yves Smith / Naked Capitalism

The 182 Percent Loan? How Installment Lenders Trap Borrowers

Paul Kiel / ProPublica

Five Things College Students Should Worry About Next Fall

Chris Lewis / Campus Progress

Will Banksters at JPMorgan Chase Finally Pay for Their Misdeeds?

Richard (RJ) Eskow / Campaign for America's Future

Austerity Kills: How Harsh Budget Cuts Increase Suicide, Infant Mortality, HIV Infections

Alex Kane / AlterNet

Ayn Rand USA: In 20 Years Corporate Profits Are Up 4X and Their Taxes Have Fallen by 50% -- Meanwhile the Workers' Payroll Tax Has Doubled

Paul Buchheit / AlterNet

The Vicious New Bank Shakedown That Could Seriously Ruin Your Life

Lynn Stuart Parramore / AlterNet

Large Corporations Seek U.S.–European 'Free Trade Agreement' to Further Global Dominance

Andrew Gavin Marshall / AlterNet

Is Cutthroat Capitalism Pushing a Growing Number of Baby Boomers to Suicide?

Les Leopold / AlterNet

Why Does The Washington Post Think It's Bad News that the Absurd GOP Budget Strategy is Falling Apart?

Dean Baker / Beat the Press

Now They Want to Take Away the 8-Hour Day and 40-Hour Week

Dave Johnson / Truthout

OCC Follies: Troubled Borrowers Get Shafted Yet Again

Yves Smith / Naked Capitalism

One Hospital Charges $8,000 ... Another Charges $38,000 for the Same Treatment?

Thom Hartmann / AlterNet

WATCH Elizabeth Warren: Students Should Get ‘Same Deal’ On Interest Rates As Big Banks

Naima Ramos-Chapman / Campus Progress

Austerity and Debt Conspire to Wreck the Lives of Working American Families

Robert Kuttner / Knopf Publishing

How Your Tax Dollars Fund Bad, Low-Wage Jobs and Help Fuel Inequality

Anna Simonton / AlterNet

7 Financial Facts That Will Blow Your Mind

Lynn Stuart Parramore / AlterNet

How 'The Economist' Got it Wrong — America Still Needs Affirmative Action

Sean McElwee / AlterNet

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