Why We Shouldn't Save GM
Nicholas von Hoffman : U.S. Economy
The bailout should be used to expand unemployment compensation instead of propping up a single, failing corporation.
Corporate Welfare
2008
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GM-Chrysler: Too Dumb to Fail
Nicholas von Hoffman : U.S. Economy
Doesn't anyone in Washington have the courage to pull the plug on an industry on life support?
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Establishment Disorder
William Greider : U.S. Economy
Obama must decide between small-bore reforms and a far more ambitious agenda to remake the economy.
2005
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When 'Connected' means 'Corrupted'
Robert Scheer : Republican Party
The hurricane-driven windfalls for GOP-connected businesses continues, and so do the scandals of widespread corruption among George Bush's cronies. And the rest of us are played for suckers.
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The Bankruptcy Bill: A Tutorial in Greed
Robert Scheer : George W. Bush Administration
Lesson No. 1: Campaign cash is worth more than family values.
2003
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Money for Nothing
Bobbi Murray : Consumer Rights Issues & Organizing
Activists say no to corporate giveaways.
This week: Imagining a new new deal, with Howard Zinn, Frances Moore Lappe, Andrea Batista Schlesinger, Eric Schlosser and...FDR himself. Plus: Ennis Carter and Stephen Duncombe on the political propaganda legacy of the WPA. (13mb mp3)
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