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Category: Economy

tariffs

Protest letters: Economists try to educate Trump on perils of tariffs

February 6, 2019 Renee Shur Activism, Economy, History, Protest/Resistance, Widgets: Letters of protest Leave a comment

In May 2018, more than eleven hundred American economics teachers and  economists, among them eleven Nobel Prize winners, banded together to sign an open

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Venezuela

Imagine yourself in the nightmare that is Venezuela today

August 28, 2018 Christopher Burke Economy, Foreign Policy, Immigration, International 2 comments

Something monumental, and not in a good way, is going on in Venezuela. You might need to get out a map of South America

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peace economy

Guns or butter? Butter, says Peace Economy Project

August 15, 2018 Maggie Hannick Economy, War Leave a comment

What’s better: a military-based economy or a peace-based economy?  Jason Sibert of the Peace Economy Project, says that cutting military spending and funding human

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Problem Solver Caucus

Dems – Beware of sleepwalking into compromise

August 1, 2017 Arthur Lieber 2018 Election, ACA/Obamacare, Democrats, Economy, Health care, Politics, Republican Brain, Social Sec/Medicare Leave a comment

We can see it now, the smiling faces of more than forty Democrats and Republicans in the House of Representatives who are working on

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Capitalism isn't working

Material Conditions First!

June 21, 2017 Adam Levin Activism, Capitalism, Corporations, Democracy, Economy, Media, Uncategorized Leave a comment

Consider two anecdotes: The First: Recently I tried to get into the mind of a Trump supporter that had posted a status about the

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NBC Nightly News

NBC Nightly News grossly misses fairness and balance

April 28, 2017 Arthur Lieber ACA/Obamacare, Economy, Health care, Media, Social Sec/Medicare, Taxes, Trump Leave a comment

Lester Holt, anchor of NBC Nightly News, could not appear to be more affable and concerned about delivering “straight news.” After Brian Williams bloviated

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Trump's wall

Trump’s wall could ding you at the supermarket

January 27, 2017 Gloria Shur Bilchik Economy, Food, Foreign Policy, Trump Leave a comment

Trump’s wall could affect your weekly trip to the supermarket. Instead of getting Mexico to pay for his pet project, as he loudly promised

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Remember inflation? Let Trumponomics remind you

November 16, 2016 Arthur Lieber 2016 Election, Economy, Government, Infrastructure, Republican Brain, Republicans, Social Sec/Medicare, Taxes Leave a comment

It’s been perhaps a generation and a half since America experienced the pain of double-digit inflation. We don’t talk much about inflation these days,

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Barbarian at the gate: 400 prominent economists speak out against Trump

November 3, 2016 Renee Shur 2016 Election, Economy Leave a comment

Less than a week before Americans go to the polls, four hundred of the country’s most prominent economists, including eight Nobel Laureates, have signed

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Obama’s numbers

July 13, 2016 Bobbi Clemons Economy, Government, Obama Leave a comment

Every quarter, Factcheck.org likes to take a look at the numbers since Obama became President. They go deeper than just unemployment and study metrics

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