Just in case you thought the GOP was really trying to do what they can to keep our government from shutting down...
Just in case you thought they suck but that their ideological principles -- though...
On Sunday, September 15, 2013 Larry Summers withdrew his name as a candidate for the Chairmanship of the Fed. ?His stepping down, due mostly to four Democratic Senators on the Senate Banking Committee who would...
Big banks have transformed into our primary domestic currency terrorists. ?One third?of the nation's wealthiest CEO's have released their heat seeking gambling missiles out to sea with our tax dollars on a one way trip....
Larry Summers is a famous, esteemed man who has had a finger in many pies over the past two decades, including several stints in the US government under multiple administrations both Democrat and Republican. He...
For decades, the wealthy have been cheating American taxpayers. Here are four ways rich people avoid paying taxes and keep getting away with it.
It seems that the highly popular TED Talk series has now become something of an Amway meeting of the minds, and one Eric Li is selling us his Chinese version of laundry soap.
Early last week, Sen. Warren sent a letter to the acting director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Ed DeMarco requesting information on Sallie Mae's misuse of a line of credit it receives from...
Republican leaders left North Carolina's unemployed to twist in the wind after rejecting federal jobless benefits and enacting draconian cuts.
America is a country of over three hundred million people. As of today the official unemployment rate is 7.6%. The real unemployment rate, depending on the definition, it's much higher - anywhere from 11% to...
Unemployment recipients already face a mountain of worries. Besides overcoming the trauma of having lost their jobs, many of them struggle to make rent or mortgage payments, keep the lights on and feed their families....
Texas employees are subject to what many politicians refer to as "right-to-work" laws. Before getting into how these laws specifically affect both business' and employees, it is necessary to flesh out meaning from "right-to-work." The...
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On Friday, Governor Bobby Jindal of Louisiana?published?an opinion column on CNN.com. The piece is a typically vacuous screed against some of the great forces of evil in American life: Obama, Big Government, and debt. Jindal...
The ripple felt through the economics community continues from the now infamous study by Carmen Reinhart and Ken Rogoff, ?Growth in a Time of Debt?. After fluent scrutiny over confirmation that their study was riddled...
Thomas Herndon, a student at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, has made quite a ripple in the economic community. Herndon has claimed that he has discovered flaws in a renowned journal article by the...
