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Tag: Economy

“Living Well” in Bolivia

September 16, 2010 Madonna Gauding Environment, Government, International One comment

Evo Morales, the first indigenous President of Bolivia, was elected to office in 2005 with 53% of the vote. His platform was to reclaim

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Jeffrey Sachs on how to heal our economy

August 30, 2010 Madonna Gauding Economy, Good government, Obama One comment

In a recent article in the The Huffington Post, economist Jeffrey Sachs confirms what many of us fear—that we could be facing a double-dip recession. But he has

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Joseph Stiglitz’s creative ideas for fixing the economy

July 19, 2010 Madonna Gauding Economy, Financial reform, Infrastructure, War One comment

Nobel Prize winning economist and Columbia University professor Joseph Stiglitz has some good ideas about what we should do to get out of the

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A vision of high-speed rail for the Midwest

May 21, 2010 Madonna Gauding Economy, Employment, Good government, Infrastructure, Obama, Transportation 8 comments

The Midwest High Speed Rail Association (MHSRA) advocates for fast, frequent and dependable trains linking the entire Midwest. The MHSRA website lists compelling arguments why

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The public option for banking

March 29, 2010 Madonna Gauding Economy, Good government, Government 2 comments

The Bank of North Dakota (BND) is owned and operated by the state of North Dakota, and is the only publicly owned bank in

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Elizabeth Warren on the coming collapse of the middle class

March 2, 2010 Madonna Gauding Economy 3 comments

Elizabeth Warren has been predicting the collapse of the middle class for years and unfortunately, her predictions are coming true. In this hour-long lecture,

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