Corporate America Reports Record Profits New government data show U.S. corporations made record profits in the third quarter, earning at an annual rate of more … NewsRead more
Economics
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Big oil tax loopholes
Oil prices are high and rising at an alarming pace. After hitting a low of $38 per barrel in January 2009, the price of oil … Big oil tax loopholesRead more
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Winner-Take-All Politics
If you look at the richest 400 taxpayers in the 1960s, they paid an average individual federal income tax rate of around 40 percent. By … Winner-Take-All PoliticsRead more
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Avoidable crisis
The 2008 financial crisis was an “avoidable” disaster caused by widespread failures in government regulation, corporate mismanagement and heedless risk-taking by Wall Street, according to … Avoidable crisisRead more
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News
Chernobyl safety structure short of funds A shelter to cover and secure the wreckage of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant is only half funded and … NewsRead more
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Wasted money on roads
A new study by the respected Texas Transportation Institute at Texas A&M University shows that traffic congestion is starting to creep back toward its pre-recession … Wasted money on roadsRead more
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The Economics of Happiness
To many of us, a society where no one goes hungry, where there is no unemployment, where people are happy and they have spacious homes … The Economics of HappinessRead more
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Failed Capitalism
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Posted inEconomics / Inequality / Tax / ToMl / USA Empire
100 CEOs Have the Retirement Savings of 116 Million Americans
President Barack Obama has called runaway income inequality the “defining issue of our time.” The disparity between exploding corporate profits and stagnating paychecks fueled Bernie … 100 CEOs Have the Retirement Savings of 116 Million AmericansRead more
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Where the money gone
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