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Open Source Politics: Safeguarding the Free Flow of Information (Reimagining Capitalism)

We need an “open information” policy to combat corporate abuse of intellectual property laws and encourage the sharing of ideas.

Joe Costello
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Rethinking GDP: Why We Must Broaden Our Measures of Economic Success (Economic Development, Economic Policy, Reimagining Capitalism)

Relying so heavily on GDP as a measure of economic health is like removing all of the gauges on a car’s dashboard except the speedometer.

Dirk Philipsen
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Blogs

Take the Oath: A Critic of Marriage Gets Teary
Laura Flanders

What, to a critic of marriage, makes the ceremony itself so tear-worthy?

March 28, 2013
Stop Coddling the Big Banks
Katrina vanden Heuvel

Financial institutions that are Too Big to Fail are also Too Big to Exist—something conservatives and progressives should be able to agree on.

February 12, 2013
A Year to Begin the World Over Again
John Nichols

It is time for progressives to renew the faith of Thomas Paine that we can yet “form the noblest purest constitution on the face of the earth.”

January 1, 2013
Is Paul Ryan Making Americans More Favorably Inclined Toward Socialism?
John Nichols

After all the Republican ranting about socialism, a new poll finds Americans have more positive feelings about… socialism.

December 1, 2012
Is America Broke? Not With a Robin Hood Tax
John Nichols

The country should look to Congressman Keith Ellison, not Paul Ryan for a fiscal vision.

September 14, 2012
We Can Curb Financial Speculation [VIDEO]
Laura Flanders

If every trade carried a cost, how quickly do you think Wall St. would rein in the robots?

August 3, 2012
Rockers Renew Radicalism of Woody's 'This Land is Your Land'
John Nichols

Tom Morello marks Guthrie’s 100th by restoring the left-wing verses of his most famous song.

July 13, 2012
A New Way to Recharge the Economy
William Greider

The Federal Reserve should issue a limited-use credit card to every adult.

July 10, 2012
Finance is Lost. Are Banksters Redeemable? Interview With Former JPMorgan Director John Fullerton (VIDEO)
Laura Flanders

The British banking scandal reveals just how much the world of finance needs an overhaul.

July 9, 2012
Workers vs. Investors: Chicago Window Factory in Danger of Liquidation
Laura Flanders

The workers at Republic Windows and Doors have formed a co-op, New Era Windows, and made a bid to buy the plant. The factory’s current owners seem intent on selling off its parts instead.

July 4, 2012