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The Squeezing of the Middle Class

Harvard Law School professor Elizabeth Warren discusses the economic pressures confronting the two-income middle-class family as it struggles

Free Lunch, by David Cay Johnston

Free Lunch: How the Wealthiest Americans Enrich Themselves at Government Expense (and Stick You With the Bill) by David Cay

Wives at Home

Divorce, Japanese-Style

Women who came of age 20 or 30 years ago in the United States may be forgiven our surprise that

Dear Dr. Dollar:

Doesn't all the war spending stimulate the economy? And shouldn't the Bush tax cuts do the same? So why are we falling into recession? --Caitlin Young, Whitehall, NY

It's Still the Economy, Stupid

But which advisers have the candidates' ears, and why?

A New WPA?

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Go Ahead and Lift the Cap

Assessing a Campaign Flyer on Social Security

D&S Columnist John Milleron the Air

On February 16th, John Miller—economist, D&S collective member, and author of our regular column "Up Against

Comcast Blocks Public Debate at FCC Hearing

This just in from the folks at SavetheInternet.com (about the forum on net neutrality we announced in this earlier

Upcoming Event on Colombia and SPP

Our last posting announced an event to be held tomorrow (Feb. 27th) on the assasination of Colombian labor activists.  Here&

Murders of trade unionists go unpunished in Colombia

This from an Economic Snapshot from the Economic Policy Institute is by Tony Avirgan: Global Policy Networkhere See also several