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Mitt Romney’s $100M IRA: Gaming the System at Bain
JULY 26, 2012 8:27AM
Topics: bain capital, personal integrity as a measure of fitness to lead, ann romney, mitt romney’s fortune, wall street journal, mark maremont, “bain gave staff way to swell iras by investing in deals”, tax avoidance run amok, tax code abuse, $100 million ira, 2012 presidential election, finance, mitt romney, politics
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- 2995 Views
- 17 Comments
Peregrine Financial’s Failure and the Failure of Regulation
JULY 12, 2012 8:31AM
Topics: white-collar crime, business, finance, financial regulation, agriculture, commodity futures trading, russell wasendorf, peregrine financial group, pfgbest, commodity futures trading commission, cftc, trevor cook, ap, daniel wagner, “chief of troubled brokerage left suicide note”, gretchen morgenson, national futures association, cedar falls
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- 1690 Views
- 15 Comments
Greece’s Second Chance
MAY 21, 2012 11:48AM
Topics: unemployment, syriza, stimulus, socialism, social democracy, politics, left, greece, financial, finance, eurozone, european union, europe, euro, eu, election, economy, economic, crisis, austerity
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- 6925 Views
- 36 Comments
Frontline’s “Money, Power & Wall Street”
MAY 2, 2012 1:18PM
Topics: and paul volker, christine romer, joseph stiglitz, robert reich, dodd-frank financial reform act, glass-steagall act, jeb hensarling, larry summers, president barack obama, timothy geithner, episode 3, power & wall street”, “money, frontline documentary, derivatives, wall street abuses, timothy geithner legacy, obama presidency, bank bailout, recession of 2007-09, economic meltdown, finance, economics, politics
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- 7003 Views
- 52 Comments
Let’s Not Kid Ourselves About Manufacturing Jobs
JANUARY 25, 2012 11:54AM
Topics: think different, hoover dam, keith bradsher, charles duhigg, ”, “how u.s. lost out on iphone work, new york times, jared bernstein, androids, kindles, ipods, ipads, auto industry, gm, steve jobs, foxconn city, manufacturing in china, apple, iphone, president barack obama, offshoring, state of the union address, repatriating jobs, jobs, manufacturing, finance, economy
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- 2143 Views
- 29 Comments
Killing the Golden Goose
SEPTEMBER 7, 2011 6:44PM
Topics: politics, economy, finance, jobs, republican primary race, michele bachmann, abc news, rick perry, ron paul, mitt romney, religious right, the atlantic, george stephanopoulos, u.s. postal service insolvency
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- 7095 Views
- 121 Comments
Middle Class Meltdown
AUGUST 25, 2011 8:32AM
Topics: economy, finance, jobs, unemployment, economic meltdown, middle class, disappearing middle class, business insider, businessinsider.com, michael snyder, 22 statistics that prove the middle class is being systematically wiped out of existence in america, economic trends, falling standard of living, systemic restructuring of economy, jobless recovery. new face of poverty in america, downward mobility, hollowed-out economy, jobless recovery, 2007-09 recession, great recession
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- 1934 Views
- 29 Comments
Gridlock Stalls Recovery
AUGUST 4, 2011 5:35PM
Topics: politics, finance, stock market, political paralysis, intentional gridlock, legislative gridlock, policy paralysis, dow jones falls 500 points, market correction, republicans, bill bonner, daily reckoning, starve the beast, social security, snap, debt ceiling crisis, faa reauthorization crisis, american legislative exchange council, alec, recession, demand recession, political paralysis
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- 2525 Views
- 38 Comments
Paul Ryan’s Medicare is a Nightmare
APRIL 28, 2011 8:29AM
Topics: politics, finance, economy, health care, medicare, representaitve paul ryan, republican health care reform, republican budget plan, roadmap for america's future, path to prosperity, medicare reform, atlas shrugged, ayn rand
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- 3096 Views
- 27 Comments
Help Wanted: 7 Million Jobs
APRIL 7, 2011 8:27AM
Topics: economy, finance, economics, politics, reducing government, march unemployment figures, u.s. bureau of labor statistics, tea party, 216000 jobs created, andrew sum, unemployment, jobs, jobless recovery, dislocated workers, labor participation rate, national urban league, job creation deficit, economic recovery, blue collar unemployment, workers at the margins marginalized, republican budget, hollowed-out economy
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- 2891 Views
- 11 Comments
Tsunami + Wishful Thinking Spell Disaster in Japan
MARCH 31, 2011 8:25AM
Topics: interplate megathrust earthquakes and tsunamis along japan trench offshore northeast japan, nuclear energy industry, nuclear energy, nuclear power, nuclear energy safety, finance, business, environment, disasters, fukushima daiichi nuclear power plant, nuclear safety commission of japan, tokyo electric power company, 1605 keicho earthquake and tsunami, nuclear safety research forum 2008, hideki nariai, japan nuclear energy safety organization (jnes), soteigai, masataka shimizu, hideaki shiroyama, 869 jogan tsunami, koji okumura, nuclear rules in japan relied on old science, black swan, satoru ikeuchi, fukushima tsunami, tsunamis, nassim nicholas taleb, world nuclear association, nuclear safety commission, nuclear reactor partial meltdown, nuclear disaster
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- 1983 Views
- 15 Comments
AT&T & Verizon: Another Coercive Duopoly?
MARCH 24, 2011 8:26AM
Topics: politics, business, finance, at&t, att, verizon, sprint, duopoly, at&t-t-mobile merger, wireless industry, s. derek turner, coercive duopoly, cellphone service providers, cellular companies, smartphones, at&t acquires t-mobile, t-mobile
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- 2485 Views
- 31 Comments
Are we on the brink of a national tax revolt?
MARCH 16, 2011 8:34AM
Topics: politics, economy, finance, economic meltdown, tax revolt, proposition 13, jerry brown, california budget crisis, state deficits, antonion r. villaraigosa, center on budget and policy priorities, nelson a. rockefeller institute of government at the state university of new york in albany, donald j. boyd, nassau county new york, edward mangano, matthew gardner, institute on taxation and economic policy, san carlos, san mateo county, howard jarvis, tea party
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- 3331 Views
- 48 Comments
Face It. 401(k)s are a Failure
MARCH 10, 2011 8:24AM
Topics: politics, economy, finance, retirement, public pensions, pensions, 401(k)s, defined benefit retirement plans, defined contribution retirement plans, unions, union-bashing, race to the bottom, stephen colbert, alicia munnell, center for retirement research, employee benefit research institute, ebri, 2010 retirement confidence survey, peter j. brady, wharton school of business pension research council, chris farrell, “marketplace money”, national public radio, geriatric poverty, 401(k) failure, retirement crisis, ira, 403(b)
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- 2506 Views
- 52 Comments
Food Stamps Soar, Jobs Offshore
NOVEMBER 11, 2010 8:27AM
Topics: muckrock food stamp article, economy, finance, recession, economic meltdown, food stamps, snap, supplmentary nutrition assistance program, growth in food stamps, polaris, offshoring, manufacturing, recovery, hunger in america, whirlpool, dell, pipestone wind turbine plant, suzlon, minneapolis star tribune, “the old world”, india, china, brazil, atvs, u.s. manufacturing in mexico, economic policy institute, massey energy, job-based economy, ted c. fishman, “polaris exec defends plan to shift some manufacturing to mexico”, “numbers on food stamps are soaring”, “in u.s., 14% rely on food stamps”, “these families shop when aid arrives”, new york times, wall street journal
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- 1339 Views
- 42 Comments
Elizabeth Warren: Sanity in a Wall Street Run Amok
OCTOBER 26, 2010 2:51AM
Topics: theyearinsanity, warren, elizabeth warren, wall street, finance, financial meltdown
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- 4879 Views
- 40 Comments
It Was a Jobs Bubble, Too
AUGUST 1, 2010 9:00PM
Topics: july jobs report, americorps, ccc, what would roosevelt do, hollowing out of the american economy, pointless speculation, conservative economic theory tax cuts, four deformations of the apocalypse, speculation economy, job bubble, chronic unemployment, unemployment, jobs, "david stockman and the gop welfare state", robert shiller, david stockman, new york times, oped, economic recovery, economic meltdown, real estate conservation corps, finance, economy, matt taibbi, politics, news
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- 3388 Views
- 73 Comments
From Nordstrom to Big Lots - A Rebirth in Shopping 101
JUNE 10, 2010 11:47AM
Topics: shopping, thrift stores, life, finance, learning, budget, discount, economy, fashion, furniture, home
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- 1288 Views
- 19 Comments
If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Deutsche Marks
JUNE 3, 2010 12:25PM
Topics: foreign currency, travel, currency exchange, european travel, acapulco princess, bullfight, villa san michele, tour d'argent, it it's tuesday this must be deutsche marks, euro, old european currency, credit cards, finance
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- 1903 Views
- 24 Comments
The Misery of Chasing Bubbles
MAY 11, 2010 11:17PM
Topics: economics, dow jones, nasdaq, stock market, baby boomers, retirement, bubble boom, bubble bust, business, wall street, politics, obama, bail out, 401k, finance, fiancial savvy, news
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