Economy

Naomi Klein: Wisconsin’s Shock Doctrine Naomi Klein: Wisconsin’s Shock Doctrine

The GOP is manipulating the current financial situation to push through unpopular policies that would have never gotten them elected. 

Mar 9, 2011 / Video / The Rachel Maddow Show

What Michael Moore ‘Gets’ About Wisconsin… and America What Michael Moore ‘Gets’ About Wisconsin… and America

At the end of "Capitalism: A Love Story," Michael Moore issued a poignant call to action against bankster excess and corporate abuse. In Wisconsin, he got the response he...

Mar 9, 2011 / Blog / John Nichols

Philanthro-Feudalism Is the Future! Philanthro-Feudalism Is the Future!

China’s new economic plan is a relic of the past. It focuses on raising standards of living. How quaint!

Mar 8, 2011 / The Notion / Laura Flanders

The ‘Badger Advocates’: Corporate Advocates, Not UW-Madison Advocates The ‘Badger Advocates’: Corporate Advocates, Not UW-Madison Advocates

At the University of Wisconsin-Madison a group of corporate lobbyist will be working to turn the university into a quasi-private "public authority" institution. Other states that h...

Mar 8, 2011 / StudentNation / StudentNation

Will Federal Regulators Crack Down on Oil Speculation?

Will Federal Regulators Crack Down on Oil Speculation? Will Federal Regulators Crack Down on Oil Speculation?

The biggest threat to economic recovery—and to President Obama's shot at re-election—is the price of gas. Why is Wall Street still allowed to aggravate the uncertainty ...

Mar 8, 2011 / Chris Hayes

The Only Constitutional Crisis In Wisconsin Is the One the Governor’s Consigliere Is Creating The Only Constitutional Crisis In Wisconsin Is the One the Governor’s Consigliere Is Creating

Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker and Republican legislators want to arrest and punish Democrats who disagree with them. Walker’s lieutenant says the state’s on the ...

Mar 7, 2011 / Blog / John Nichols

Tens of Thousands Cheer Michael Moore in Madison: ‘You Have Aroused a Sleeping Giant, Known as the Working People’ Tens of Thousands Cheer Michael Moore in Madison: ‘You Have Aroused a Sleeping Giant, Known as the Working People’

“This movement--we'll call it the ‘Madison Movement’ (after both the town where it was born and the president who wrote our Bill of Rights) is exploding across th...

Mar 5, 2011 / Blog / John Nichols

Dave Zirin: NFL Owners Want Socialism for Them but Capitalism for Players Dave Zirin: NFL Owners Want Socialism for Them but Capitalism for Players

Will the labor dispute between NFL players and owners lead to a lockout?

Mar 4, 2011 / Nation in the News / Press Room

Dave Zirin: NFL Owners Want Socialism for Them but Capitalism for Players Dave Zirin: NFL Owners Want Socialism for Them but Capitalism for Players

Will the labor dispute between NFL players and owners lead to a lockout?

Mar 4, 2011 / Video / MSNBC

Who Would an NFL Lockout Hurt the Most? Who Would an NFL Lockout Hurt the Most?

When President Obama framed an NFL lockout and the possible cancellation of the 2011 season as a quarrel between billionaires and millionaires, he missed the point.

Mar 4, 2011 / Video / GRITtv

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