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    • 12 Ratings
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    Right wing has full bag of tricks to protect the rich

    JULY 17, 2012 3:57PM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: economics, politics, arthur brooks, american enterprise institute, wall street, financial crisis, oligarchy, plutocracy, capitalism, supply side capitalism, cronyism, barney frank, elizabeth warren, free enterpise, big government, thomas frank, subprime mortgages, george w. bush, elitism, catholic church, pedophile, ayn rand, poverty, wal mart, entrepreneurs, corporate raiders, laissez faire, jonathan chait, president obama, housing bubble, whigs

    • Editor's Pick
    • 5 Ratings
    • 1100 Views
    • 7 Comments
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    Greek elections: and now?

    JUNE 18, 2012 5:22AM

    By Gianni Falcone


    Topics: salon cartoon saturday, greece, financial crisis, economy, politics, europe

    • Editor's Pick
    • 25 Ratings
    • 1824 Views
    • 38 Comments
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    Discovering Aegina

    NOVEMBER 4, 2011 9:02AM

    By Algis Kemezys


    Topics: paleohora, saint nektarious, greece, travel, belief/religion, design, environment, family, health, photography, politics, greece, news, financial crisis, greek bankruptcy

    • Editor's Pick
    • 11 Ratings
    • 1254 Views
    • 28 Comments
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    The GOP Won Big: Media Characterized it More Than It Was

    NOVEMBER 4, 2010 6:59AM

    By Michael Russnow


    Topics: television, news, gay/lesbian, economy, politics, wisconsin, the financial fix, tea party movement, stimulus package, speaker of the house, south carolina, sharron angle, senate races, sarah palin, russ feingold, ram productions, pennsylvania, obama administration, north dakota, nevada, nbc, nancy pelosi, michael russnow, meg whitman, lyndon johnson, lisa murkowski, ken buck, katie couric, john boehner, joe sestak, joe miller, indiana, illinois, house races, house of representatives, health care, harry reid, gop, george bush, florida, financial crisis, elections 2012, elections 2010, don't ask don't tell, diane sawyer, delaware, colorado, cnn, christine o'donnell, cbs, carly fiorina, carl paladino, california, brian williams, blanche lincoln, bill clinton, barack obama, arlen specter, arkansas, anderson cooper, alex sink, alaska, abc

    • Editor's Pick
    • 7 Ratings
    • 4004 Views
    • 25 Comments
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    German Millionaires Volunteer to Pay More Tax

    JUNE 18, 2010 3:26AM

    By stickyfeet


    Topics: financial crisis, government spending, debt, deficit, entitlement spending, entitlements, social security, socialism, social system, social programs, wealth concentration, wealth, germany, tax reform, taxes, politics, news, economy, business

    • Editor's Pick
    • 3 Ratings
    • 999 Views
    • 11 Comments
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    Bernanke To Be Reappointed Fed Chairman

    AUGUST 25, 2009 1:03AM

    By Saturn Smith


    Topics: is bailout one word or two?, paul krugman, brad delong, financial crisis, federal reserve chairman, bernanke second term, barack obama, president obama, the fed, federal reserve, economics, larry summers, ben bernanke

    • Editor's Pick
    • 7 Ratings
    • 3150 Views
    • 8 Comments
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    Amsterdam Teaches Police -- Not Pot -- Create Paranoia

    MAY 7, 2009 4:07PM

    By Crabby Golightly


    Topics: governor schwarzenegger, legalize marijuana pot, financial crisis, tax marijuana, debate, california, crabbygolightly

    • Editor's Pick
    • 16 Ratings
    • 1367 Views
    • 18 Comments
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    Dear Public Officials: Stop Being Dumb

    APRIL 20, 2009 7:51PM

    By Saturn Smith


    Topics: congress is like mtv's the real world only with more crazy, kwame kenyatta, senator burr, senator richard burr, is bailout one word or two?, politics, financial crisis, banking

    • Editor's Pick
    • 15 Ratings
    • 1122 Views
    • 27 Comments
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    Why This, Not That?

    APRIL 14, 2009 9:31PM

    By Saturn Smith


    Topics: brad delong, obama speech at georgetown, obama, politics, banking, banks, finance, financial crisis, tarp, tim geithner, ben bernanke, geithner plan, ppip, talf, is bailout one word or two?

    • Editor's Pick
    • 6 Ratings
    • 1711 Views
    • 11 Comments
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    Higher Bank Fees: Problem or Solution?

    APRIL 13, 2009 1:30AM

    By Saturn Smith


    Topics: banking, banks, finance, financial crisis, tarp, elizabeth warren, congressional oversight panel, is bailout one word or two?

    • Editor's Pick
    • 19 Ratings
    • 3322 Views
    • 28 Comments
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    "As if the dollar didn't have enough problems..."

    MARCH 27, 2009 2:10AM

    By Saturn Smith


    Topics: dollar, currency, sdr, imf, tim geithner, timothy f. geithner, geithner, cfr, council on foreign relations, wall street journal, wsj, china, economics, finance, financial crisis, is bailout one word or two?, politics, treasury

    • Editor's Pick
    • 22 Ratings
    • 3365 Views
    • 36 Comments
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    Negative Capability: Debating the Geithner Plan

    MARCH 23, 2009 6:00PM

    By Saturn Smith


    Topics: geithner, geithner plan, paul krugman, brad delong, economics, finance, financial crisis, is bailout one word or two?, politics, treasury

    • Editor's Pick
    • 4 Ratings
    • 709 Views
    • 5 Comments
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    CNBC Does Well With AIG Bonus Discussion

    MARCH 16, 2009 2:10PM

    By skewz


    Topics: media bias, liberal, conservative, financial crisis, bailout, aig

    • Editor's Pick
    • 5 Ratings
    • 879 Views
    • 9 Comments
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    Bernanke Shows Cautious Optimism About Recovery

    FEBRUARY 24, 2009 10:59AM

    By GaryBaumgarten


    Topics: ben bernanke, economic stimulus, federal reserve, financial crisis, gary baumgarten. news talk online, paltalk, president obama, recession, senate banking committee

    • Editor's Pick
    • 0 Ratings
    • 446 Views
    • 1 Comments
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    New Steps To Help The Banking Industry

    FEBRUARY 23, 2009 10:02AM

    By GaryBaumgarten


    Topics: economic stimulus, financial crisis, gary baumgarten, news talk online, paltalk, president obama, treasury department

    • Editor's Pick
    • 29 Ratings
    • 3146 Views
    • 37 Comments
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    As Economy Crashes, We're Killing Our Pets

    FEBRUARY 4, 2009 1:32PM

    By Michael Fox


    Topics: financial crisis, economy, horses, pets, dogs, cats, animal shelters, aspca, humane society, foreclosure, economic crisis, recession, orange county, dogs and cats, foreclosure crisis, animals, business, family, news

    • Editor's Pick
    • 13 Ratings
    • 2350 Views
    • 33 Comments
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    Taxing Plastic Bags

    FEBRUARY 3, 2009 8:21AM

    By GaryBaumgarten


    Topics: financial crisis, gary baumgarten, michael bloomberg, new york city, news talk online, paltalk, plastic bags, taxes

    • Editor's Pick
    • 0 Ratings
    • 486 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    Weekly Audit: The Battle for Wall Street Begins

    JANUARY 20, 2009 5:32PM

    By The Media Consortium


    Topics: barack obama, economic recovery, economy newsladder, fannie mae, financial crisis, freddie mac, george bush, henry paulson, newsladder, tarp

    • Editor's Pick
    • 10 Ratings
    • 979 Views
    • 10 Comments
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    When The Law Is As Nutty As A Fruitcake

    DECEMBER 29, 2008 10:24AM

    By GaryBaumgarten


    Topics: financial crisis, jack melton, shasta county

    • Editor's Pick
    • 21 Ratings
    • 1625 Views
    • 16 Comments
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    Starry night, 2008: don't shoot yourself

    DECEMBER 23, 2008 5:03AM

    By Nada Holland


    Topics: open call, recession story, writing, family, christmas, identity, art, financial crisis

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