Category Archives: DEMOCRACY

Gambling On Hunger: Amid A Food Crisis, Why Do Republicans Want To Keep Regulators At Bay?

Posted on Thursday, February 17, 2011 by meganwilson

By Zach Carter and Ryan Grim HUFFINGTON POST Big price spikes are good for traders holding onto wheat or oil contracts, allowing them to stuff more money into their wallets while families struggling to make ends meet thousands of miles … Continue reading →

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Russ Feingold Launches ‘Progressives United’ To Combat Corporate Influences In Politics

Posted on Wednesday, February 16, 2011 by meganwilson

By Amanda Terkel HUFFINGTON POST Things were like this 100 years ago in the United States, with the huge corporate and business power of the oil companies and others. But this time it’s like the Gilded Age on steroids. WASHINGTON … Continue reading →

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When Democracy Weakens

Posted on Monday, February 14, 2011 by meganwilson

By Bob Herbert The New York Times So what we get in this democracy of ours are astounding and increasingly obscene tax breaks and other windfall benefits for the wealthiest, while the bought-and-paid-for politicians hack away at essential public services … Continue reading →

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Obama’s Big Budget Cut Proposals Target The Poor

Posted on Thursday, February 10, 2011 by meganwilson

By Arthur Delaney HUFFINGTON POST WASHINGTON — As Democrats and Republicans wrangle over fiscal austerity and the shape of the 2012 federal budget, the White House is targeting programs in the $4 trillion budget that benefit low-income Americans. It’s a … Continue reading →

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The hidden roots of Egypt’s despair

Posted on Monday, January 31, 2011 by meganwilson

By Danny Schechter Al Jazeera The economic crisis is driving political protests sparked in part by US financial speculation. The question is, why aren’t Americans up in arms too as inflation at the pump and the grocery store drives prices … Continue reading →

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Gap Between Rich And Poor Named 8th Wonder Of The World

Posted on Wednesday, January 26, 2011 by meganwilson

The Onion “It’s breathtaking,” said Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein, a longtime champion and benefactor of the rift’s conservation. “After all we’ve been through in recent years, there’s no greater privilege than watching it grow bigger and bigger each day. … Continue reading →

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Obama’s Bogus Explanation For Troubles: Too Much Regulation

Posted on Tuesday, January 18, 2011 by meganwilson

By Peter S. Goodman HUFFINGTON POST Now he has done it again, throwing a bone to financial lobbyists and their brethren in other industries while burying truth. Unable to point to real gains in fixing the economy, Obama instead engages … Continue reading →

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The Invention of Money

Posted on Sunday, January 16, 2011 by meganwilson

THIS AMERICAN LIFE Five reporters stumbled on what seems like a basic question: What is money? The unsettling answer they found: Money is fiction. In other words: MONEY IS OVER IF YOU WANT IT

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SOLUTIONS: Swiss whistleblower Rudolf Elmer plans to hand over offshore banking secrets of the rich and famous to WikiLeaks

Posted on Sunday, January 16, 2011 by meganwilson

By Ed Vulliamy GUARDIAN “What I am objecting to is not one particular bank, but a system of structures,” he told the Observer. “I have worked for major banks other than Julius Baer, and the one thing on which I … Continue reading →

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SOLUTIONS: High Pay Commission

Posted on Wednesday, January 12, 2011 by meganwilson

In an effort to try and curb hefty bonuses, and perhaps risky behavior, in the financial sector, a group of labor unionists, journalists and academics from the U.K. have launched a high pay commission.

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