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Rules for Non-Radicals: Economic Interventions that Might Actually Make a Difference

With the labor participation rate at 50-year lows and millions of Americans no longer counted as unemployed, many Americans are convinced the American Dream is in need of a bailout. But what does that look like? “Radical realism” — not socialism — may very well be the answer.

Closing the Revolving Door: Income Inequality, Wage Stagnation & Deficits Make an Urgent Case for Campaign Finance Reform

If poor people knew how rich rich people are, there would be riots in the streets. — Chris Rock The wealthiest 20 individuals in the United States — a group small enough to fly together on a Gulfstream jet — have as much wealth as the 152 million people who comprise the bottom half of …

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Globalization 2.0: Implications for Consumers, Big Box Retail, eCommerce Leaders and City Planners

If one were to jump into a time machine to travel back to 1995 or thereabouts, what would the publishers of newspapers and magazines have to say about the "Internet"? One might assume, at first glance, that the Internet would be a publisher's dream: unprecedented reach beyond the usual regional scope, access to new readership, …

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