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What’s Their Counterfactual?
Jared Bernstein,  Senior Fellow Center on Budget and Policy Priorities Posted 2/8/2012 As others have noted, conservatives who’d like...
Jay Murdock
Feb 8, 20122 min read
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A Clear Plan to Cut Poverty and Restore Shared Prosperity in the U.S.
The 99 percent movement has given voice to a sentiment that is felt around the kitchen tables as much as it is reflected in most recent...
Jay Murdock
Oct 27, 20113 min read
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The Men We Trusted to Lead Us
Robert Scheer: Editor, Truthdig.com;  Author, ‘The Great American Stickup’ Posted: 9/29/11 03:26 AM ET Now he tells us. On Wednesday...
Jay Murdock
Sep 30, 20113 min read
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Our Economic Policy Is Up a Creek With a Paddle
Jared Bernstein – Senior Fellow, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities Posted: 9/29/11 05:13 PM ET It’s one thing to be up the creek...
Jay Murdock
Sep 30, 20113 min read
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3 Years After Lehman Brothers Collapsed, and We Haven’t Learned a Friggin’ Thing
Jeff Reeves:Â Financial journalist, Â Editor, InvestorPlace.com Posted: 9/16/11 02:23 PM ET On Sept. 15, 2008, the world learned a...
Jay Murdock
Sep 17, 20116 min read
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How Obama Got It Right
George Lakoff and Glenn W. Smith Posted: 9/9/11 12:37 PM ET Morality drives policy. Too often, progressives have tried it the other way...
Jay Murdock
Sep 11, 20114 min read
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The Case for Republican Economic Sabotage
Bob Cesca – Producer, Editor of BobCesca.com Posted: 8/11/11 08:48 AM ET With a few exceptions, tea party events have always appeared...
Jay Murdock
Aug 11, 20115 min read
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The Truth About the American Economy
Robert Reich – Chancellor’s Professor of Public Policy, University of California at Berkeley; Author, ‘Aftershock’ – Posted: 05/31/11...
Jay Murdock
Jun 2, 20117 min read
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John Boehner Fights Foreclosure Relief As Housing Crisis Ravages His District
Regina Moore has lived in her Hamilton, Ohio, home, in the heart of House Speaker John Boehner’s district, for 50 years. Her husband...
Jay Murdock
Jun 2, 201110 min read
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How Americans Really Think About Wealth
OK, so I confess I woke myself up at 3:45 a.m. to watch the royal wedding, and I thoroughly enjoyed it. Who doesn’t like a good fairy...
Jay Murdock
Apr 30, 20113 min read
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Why employee pensions aren’t bankrupting states
First Posted: 03/ 7/11 12:54 AM – Updated: 03/ 7/11 12:58 AM WASHINGTON — From state legislatures to Congress to tea party rallies, a...
Jay Murdock
Mar 7, 20116 min read
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America Is Not Broke
America is not broke. Contrary to what those in power would like you to believe so that you’ll give up your pension, cut your wages, and...
Jay Murdock
Mar 7, 20117 min read
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Blame Wall Street, Not Hard Working Americans, for the Pension Funds Fiasco
The confrontations in Wisconsin and other states are the opening salvo of a political blame game — who is responsible for the gigantic...
Jay Murdock
Feb 27, 20117 min read
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Less Is More, for the Poor
Paul Boden – Organizing Director, Western Regional Advocacy Project Posted: February 17, 2011 01:24 AM On Valentines Day, Monday February...
Jay Murdock
Feb 18, 20113 min read
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Kauffman Foundation: The Rules For Growth
Robert E. Litan – Vice President of Research & Policy, Kauffman FoundationPosted: February 9, 2011 09:35 AM The U.S. economy is...
Jay Murdock
Feb 9, 20113 min read
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Mr. President, You’ve Asked Nicely. Now What?
Stephen Herrington, The Monday Morning Economist Posted: February 8, 2011 04:20 PM The notion of 9 percent unemployment and 17 percent...
Jay Murdock
Feb 9, 20114 min read
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Wash. Times Celebrates Reagan’s Birthday By Rewriting His Economic Record
The Washington Times is celebrating Ronald Reagan’s 100th birthday by advancing the falsehood that Reagan ended the 1981 recession by...
Jay Murdock
Feb 5, 20117 min read
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How Income Inequality Helped Spark the Great Recession
Jake Whitney – Freelance journalist and contributing writer for Guernica Magazine Posted: January 31, 2011 12:40 PM Thirteen years ago,...
Jay Murdock
Jan 31, 20114 min read
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Winning the Future: Can Americans Put Their Passions to Work?
Curtis Valentine – Humanitarian aid professional, community organizer, and political consultant Posted: January 27, 2011 04:00 PM For...
Jay Murdock
Jan 28, 20114 min read
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Covering the Neglect of Working People
Russ Baker – Editor, WhoWhatWhy.com,  author, Family of Secrets: Hidden History of the Last Fifty Years – Posted: January 27, 2011 12:00...
Jay Murdock
Jan 27, 20114 min read
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