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What Now: The crime economy

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Reihan Salam
Jan 6, 2012
Reforming our prison system may, in fact, help the country grow -- economically.
Posted In: What Now?, Crime, prisons
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The cost of a soldier deployed in Afghanistan

Interview with
Stephan Richter
Feb 22, 2011
Stephan Richter's latest quiz: How much does it cost per year to support one U.S. service member deployed in Afghanistan?
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Wisconsin lawmakers target state workers' union

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Steve Chiotakis
Feb 18, 2011
Wisconsin GOP lawmakers seeking to reduce the state's deficit want to pass a bill that weakens the state workers' union. Steve Chiotakis speaks with Jill Schlesinger, editor-at-large for CBS/MoneyWatch, about how budget woes could influence other states to do the same.
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The political horse trading over tax cuts and jobless benefits

by
Nancy Marshall-Genzer
Dec 6, 2010
Marketplace's Nancy Marshall Genzer takes a look at the compromise over Bush-era tax cuts and unemployment benefits. The negotiations may even have an impact on the 2012 presidential elections.
Posted In: Taxes
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What broccoli has to do with health care

by
Gregory Warner
Mar 27, 2012
Even the Supreme Court is beating up on the defenseless green vegetable. So, how did broccoli end up in a legal battle over health care?
Posted In: health care reform law, Broccoli
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Income disparity matters

by
Robert Reich
Nov 3, 2011
Occupy Wall Street has spread across the United States. More than 550 communities have held protests. But what has it accomplished?
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Post office estimates $10 billion loss

by
Mitchell Hartman
Sep 30, 2011
Congress, the White House and the Postmaster General have lots of ideas about how to cut costs. One of them is no more Saturday delivery.
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Will pledge to withhold campaign donations work?

Aug 25, 2011
Maggie Wilderotter, CEO of Frontier Communications, discusses why she supports a movement among business leaders to halt campaign contributions to Washington lawmakers.
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AARP waffles on Social Security cuts

by
Bob Moon
Jun 17, 2011
The lobbying group for older Americans is reported to be open to reducing Social Security benefits, but then backtracks amid a political firestorm.
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Has the government promised more than it can deliver?

Apr 11, 2011
Robert Samuelson of Newsweek and The Washington Post discusses why the government may have set itself up for failure, and why constituents are to blame.

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