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Andrew Sullivan is Right: Obama Has Governed as a Conservative

Guy T. Saperstein, AlterNet. January 23, 2012.

Sullivan took Obama's critics to task for not recognizing his accomplishments--sadly, those accomplishments only appeal to "conservative-minded independents" like him.

Mr. Davidson's Planet: NPR/NYT Guru Adam Davidson's Discredited Economic Principles

Lynn Parramore, AlterNet. January 12, 2012.

Adam Davidson's economic principles are alien to a just and prosperous society.

How Conservative Politicians Wait for God to Fix the Economy, With Frightening Results

Joshua Holland, AlterNet. September 26, 2011.

The theology embraced by American religious conservatives may render them immune to evidence and reason when it comes to economic management.

Youth vs. Baby Boomers Is a Fake Economic Conflict

David Green, AlterNet. July 18, 2011.

A response to the mainstream media pundits pushing generational economic warfare in the middle of an ongoing economic crisis.

Vision: Deadly Accidents, Inhumane Conditions -- Why We Must Fight to Stop Abuse of the World's Sweatshop Workers

Lauren Kelley, AlterNet. December 31, 2010.

Conditions at sweatshops overseas have not improved as much as they should have over the past several decades. Not by a long shot.

How a Key Brain Hormone Might Explain Whether You're Generous or Not

Michael Haederle, Miller-McCune Magazine. September 16, 2010.

Researchers have found that oxytocin, which promotes human bonding, plays a powerful role in shaping how generous people are.

Crazy Economists Are Still Defending The Wall Street Bailout As The Recession Gets Worse

Dean Baker, AlterNet. August 6, 2010.

Economists are still spinning fairy tales so they can celebrate bank bailouts. Too bad everybody's still broke and out of work.

How to Tame the Rapacious Finance Industry?

Joseph Stiglitz, Project Syndicate. July 12, 2010.

Finance is a means to an end, not an end in itself. It is supposed to serve the interests of the rest of society, not the other way around.

The Great American Bank Robbery, Part II

Joseph Stiglitz, W. W. Norton & Company. April 2, 2010.

How did the bankers make off with all of our money? Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz explains.

Alan Greenspan and the New York Times Are Gunning for Your Social Security

Zach Carter, AlterNet. March 25, 2010.

The battle for Social Security is on -- and the Times is fighting for the bad guys.

The Great American Bank Robbery

Joseph Stiglitz, W. W. Norton & Company. February 27, 2010.

How did the big banks nearly take down the entire economy and still continue to profit? Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz explains.

Joseph Stiglitz: Bankers Made Reckless Bets on the Economy, Knowing Taxpayers Were Going to Pick up the Tab

Zach Carter, AlterNet. February 25, 2010.

The Nobel Prize-winning economist argues the banking industry "failed in their core societal function," helping lead to the great economic crash of '08.

Explaining Obamanomics

Robert Reich, Robert Reich's Blog. February 11, 2010.

Republicans, Tea Partiers, deficit vultures, and Raging-Dog Democrats, all see Obamanomics as more taxes and more spending. That’s nonsense.

Is Obama Committing Political Suicide? President Calls Obscene Wall St. Bonuses 'Part of the Free Market System'

Zach Carter, AlterNet. February 10, 2010.

Obama says he doesn't have a problem with bonuses at Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan. He's going to have a big problem at the polls in November.

Is Belief in God Hurting America?

David Villano, Miller-McCune.com. November 25, 2009.

According to a new study, prosperity is highest in countries that practice religion the least.

Americans Lack Economic Literacy; Some Hold "Insane" Views on Stimulus Spending

Steve Benen, Washington Monthly AlterNet: Corporate Accountability and WorkPlace. November 20, 2009.

According to pollsters.

"Clean, Safe and High-Value" Neighborhoods Are Nice Ways of Saying "White" Without Bringing Race into It

Rich Benjamin, Hyperion Books. October 16, 2009.

The law does not forbid segregated or discriminating neighborhoods. It simply forbids intentional discrimination.

Nobel Prize in Economics Goes to A Woman for the First Time

Melissa McEwan, Shakesville AlterNet: PEEK. October 13, 2009.

Elinor Ostrom, a political science professor at Indiana University, shared the award with Oliver Williamson, who teaches at the University of California, Berkeley.

Economist: We Can Procreate Our Way Out of Climate Catastrophe

Lindsay Beyerstein, Majikthise AlterNet: PEEK. September 25, 2009.

Get to it, folks -- innovation requires it.

Priceless: How the Federal Reserve Bought the Economics Profession

Ryan Grim, Huffington Post. September 14, 2009.

The Federal Reserve so thoroughly dominates the field of economics that real criticism of the central bank has become a career liability for economists.