Employment
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Our Growing Income Inequality -- It's NOT an Accident (Prof. Hendrik van den Berg)
Hendrik van den Berg Hendrik van den Berg, University of Nebraska-Lincoln professor of economics April 18, 2011 (NebraskansForPeace.org) -- Something very disturbing has been happening in the United ...
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Economic Outlook Brightens on Leading Indicators, Confidence (Alex Kowalski and Timothy R. Homan)
Apr. 21, 2011 (Bloomberg) -- The index of U.S. leading indicators increased for a ninth month in March and Americans’ confidence rose for a fourth week, signaling the expansion may withstand higher ...
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The New Corporate World Order (Robert Scheer)
Apr. 20, 2011 (TruthDig.com) -- The debate over Republicans’ insistence on continued tax breaks for the superrich and the corporations they run should come to a screeching halt with the report in ...
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Slip-sliding into Recession (Mike Whitney)
Apr. 15, 2011 (Information Clearing House) -- In June, the Fed's bond buying binge (QE2) will end and the economy will have to muddle through on its own. And, that's going to be tough-sledding, ...
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The False Debate on the Debt (Robert Scheer)
Apr. 13, 2011 (TruthDig.com) -- In the ever-so-smug company of the rich and powerful it is a given that there is never to be any expression of remorse or other acknowledgement of the pain they have ...
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Class Warfare Scoreboard: Guess Who's Winning? (Mike Whitney)
Apr. 1, 2011 (Information Clearing House) -- This has gotta' be a joke. According to a new report by the BEA, personal consumption expenditures (PCE) increased by $69 billion (7 percent), while ...
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Global systemic crisis: Autumn 2011 -- Very Serious Breakdown Of The Economic, Financial And Monetary System (Leap/E2020)
Budget/T-Bonds/Dollar, The Three US Crises That Will Cause The Very Serious Breakdown Of The Global Economic, Financial And Monetary System April 16, 2011 -- Public announcement GEAB N°54 ...
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Inflation Hits Money and Lies (Joel S. Hirschhorn)
Apr. 16, 2011 -- How do the powerful keep the U.S. population dumb and distracted? A key tactic has been using methodologies that produce totally misleading underestimates of key economic factors. ...
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Why Do People Hate John Maynard Keynes? (Mike Whitney)
John Maynard Keynes Apr. 9, 2011 (Information Clearing House) -- Anyone who spends time on the economics blogs knows that Keynes is blamed for everything from the Wall Street bailouts to ...
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The Peasants Need Pitchforks (Robert Scheer)
Apr. 6, 2011 (TruthDig) -- A “working class hero,” John Lennon told us in his song of that title, “is something to be/ Keep you doped with religion and sex and TV/ And you think you’re so clever and ...
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U.S. Consumer Confidence Droops to Three-Month Low in March (Shobhana Chandra)
Mar. 29, 2011 (Bloomberg) -- Confidence among U.S. consumers dropped more than forecast in March as fuel costs surged to the highest level in more than two years. The Conference Board’s confidence ...
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