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In These Times blogs live from the Republican National Convention September 1 - 4.

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Sanity From The Silver Screen

When President Bush responded to 9/11 and the subsequent economic downturn by ordering us to go shopping, many… more

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Countering Race With Class

In our us-versus-them culture, every political campaign is a battle to define who exactly the "us" and "them"… more

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Main Street Squeeze

Pick your metaphor for the current state of American workers: Are they squeezed? Caught? Crunched? Three new books… more

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Latin America Banks on Independence

The new Bank of the South shatters neoliberal economics

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Pirates of Private Equity

An insanely lucrative investment strategy finally faces public scrutiny

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Floating Utopias

The degraded imagination of the libertarian seasteaders

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Twilight of the Market’s Idols

Not Larry Craig, but George Bush and his careless economic policies, have left the Republican party cornered in a bathroom stall

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Crocker’s Kooky Economics

In his testimony to the House and Senate, even Ambassador Ryan Crocker's limited claims of economic success in Iraq were laughable

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Earth to Bush

While the prez pats himself on the back, 5 million more Americans have slipped into poverty, hunger and homelessness

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The Secret Lives of Plutocrats

In Richistan, Robert Frank offers a breezy, well-observed peek into this gated community. You too could visit if you graduate from "butler boot camp" and become a $120,000-a-year "household manager"

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Tranche Warfare

Who will be left holding the bag as subprime mortgages go bad?

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The Subprime Bait and Switch

Under the guise of extending home ownership to all, predatory lenders undermine community reinvestment

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Mainers Give Grads Debt Relief

Their state's economy at a crossroads, politicians embrace Opportunity Maine, which eases the financial burden of going to college

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Who’s Afraid of Democracy?

Believing that "people are rational as consumers and irrational as voters," many conservatives would favor free markets without democracy

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Productivity: Is The Boom Over?

While it may sound like an obscure detail for economics nerds, the Department of Labor's latest data on… more

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The Administration Goes For Broke

The cost of Iraq adds new dangers to the GOP's anti-tax pledges

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Solidarity Without Borders

Confronted with multinationals and business-friendly trade agreements, unions have begun to act globally

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We Are All Waiters Now

Why higher taxes would make Americans happier, and why, despite this, we still won't raise them

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Turning Back the Tax Revolt

Voters reject "Taxpayer Bill of Rights" spending cap measures and tax cuts across the country, paving the way to funding progressive priorities.

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Live At Your Own Risk

Yale Political Scientist Jacob Hacker says the widening gap between rich and poor is a "great risk shift" from collective institutions to individuals.

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What We Learn When We Learn Economics

Is a little economics a dangerous thing?

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What Did the Voters Say?

Economic insecurity trumps the politics of fear

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Immigrants Sue to Retrieve Funds Seized in Arizona

Immigrants sue to retrieve fudns seized by Arizona state government.

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The Prairie Populist: Byron Dorgan

Sen. Byron Dorgan, a populist Democrat from North Dakota, has a new book out entitled "Take This Job and Ship It: How Corporate Greed and Brain-Dead Politics Are Selling Out America."

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Privatized Warfare: The Summer of Discontent

A new documentary by Robert Greenwald - "Iraq For Sale" - details the corporate profiteering of the increasingly privatized U.S. military.

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Follow the Prison Money Trail

Private prison companies invest millions in elections.

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After the Deluge

Big Easy organizers confront racial tensions

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Economic Populism Proves Popular

To thwart legislation that put caps on payday lending rates, Republican lawmakers in Oregon had to pass it

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Hasterts Earmarks: Pork or Politics?

former Speaker Hastert in land deal scandal that questions legitimacy of federal funding.

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Bigger Salaries for Big Box Workers?

Will Chicago Pass a Big Box Ordinance to raise worker wages?

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Running on Empty

The United States' real problem with oil and energy policy goes beyond rising prices

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Veronica Mars, Class Warrior

Why this teen series is smarter than you think.

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Biofuel Challenges Big Oil

Biofuel corporations promise big benefits, but environmentalists have their doubts

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Delphi Dodges Union Contracts

Bankruptcy is the newest tool in the corporate battle against workers

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Bankruptcy Law in Shambles

What happens when the credit card industry writes congressional legislation? According to the judges who have to enforce it, anarchy

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Hey Millennials, Debt Becomes You

Twenty-somethings face a life of looming loans

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The New Slum Dwellers

Mike Davis discusses his new book, Planet of Slums

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The Gulf Rush

While President Bush was making a post-Katrina "show" landing in New Orleans on January 12, declaring it a… more

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Lies, Damn Lies and Poverty Statistics

How an archaic measurement keeps millions of poor Americans from being counted

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Party of One

During the debate over NAFTA more than a decade ago, a corporate lobbyist tried to persuade Jeff Faux,… more

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