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Would an income tax hike hurt hiring?

by
Mitchell Hartman
Jul 11, 2012
Fewer than a million small-business owners would likely face higher taxes. And some would keep hiring anyway.
Posted In: income tax, business, Small Business
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Extend the payroll tax cut

by
Robert Reich
Nov 30, 2011
The American economy is sagging. Job growth at a standstill. So what's the best way to kickstart the economy?
Posted In: payroll tax, bargain
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How many millionaires are in Congress?

Interview with
Stephan Richter
Sep 7, 2010
Of 535 members of the United States Congress, what's the share of millionaires? Is it less than 10 percent, close to half of all the members of Congress, or two-thirds? The Globalist's Stephan Richter quizzes Steve Chiotakis, and tells us how much lawmakers make compared to the rest of us.
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New provisions for Senate rescue bill

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Steve Henn and Scott Jagow
Oct 1, 2008
The Senate will vote on a new financial rescue package tonight with new provisions to pick up House votes. Scott Jagow talks to Steve Henn in Washington about what's new in the bill and how these additions could backfire.
Posted In: Economy
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In the aftermath, a loss of trust

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Eleanor Beardsley
Sep 17, 2008
What's up with the free marketeers in the Bush Administration rushing to help out the big firms on Wall Street? Commentator Robert Reich looks back at the last few years to find what started this mess.
Posted In: Economy, Wall Street
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Is higher education a right?

Interview by
Tess Vigeland
May 11, 2012
The value of outstanding student loans in America just past the $1 trillion mark, we sat down with economists Robert Reich and Neal McCluskey to discuss America's newest crisis.
Posted In: loan student debt, crisis, reich, mccluskey, education costs
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Returning veteran has few marketable skills

by
Leo Webb
Jan 30, 2012
Posted In: My Life Is True
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How Prop 23 could affect jobs

by
Eve Troeh
Oct 18, 2010
California's Election Day ballot will feature a key initiative in Prop 23, which could halt the state's climate change law until state unemployment drops to 5 percent. But will passing the proposition mean even more job losses? Eve Troeh reports.
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Inflation, R.I.P.

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Kai Ryssdal
Feb 21, 2013
A eulogy for inflation, after the consumer price index comes in at 0.0 percent.
Posted In: inflation
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Tracking the economy and GDP through trash

Interview by
Kai Ryssdal
Aug 16, 2012
How does our garbage relate to our GDP? Economist Michael McDonough has worked out the GDP-to-trash economic indicator.
Posted In: GDP, economic indicator, alternative indicators, trash

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