The plutocratic evolution of the corporation
Blog: Policy Shop
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ALEC’s Worthless Recommendations for Prosperity in the States
A new study shows just how terrible Arthur Laffer’s economic prescriptions are.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Win, Win, Win: The Case for a Carbon Tax
The revenue source nobody’s talking about
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Fast Food Shouldn’t Mean Low Wages
First Walmart, now McDonald’s. Workers strike for dignity.
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Limits of a Libertarian First Amendment
A response to Glenn Greenwald on Citizens United
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Subprime Students: How Wall Street Profits from the College Loan Mess
The entire student loan pipeline—now the largest source of “aid”—is fueled, serviced, and collected by Wall Street.
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Your Retirement For A Thousand Fees
Simple rules are needed to prevent the securities industry from skimming and start acting in the best interest of investors
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Finishing the Job: Next Steps on Financial Reform
We dodged an administration that would have been hostile to financial reform. Now what?
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A Mandate for a Conservative Victory on Taxes?
Keeping the bulk of the Bush tax cuts, which mainstream Dems are proposing, is tantamount to “starving the beast”
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Just How Bad Was Citizens United For Business?
The 2012 election lends further credibility to shareholders’ arguments that they should be able to contest political expenditures.