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Entries by Robert Kuttner from 06/2011

The Gang of Six and Other Rogues

| Posted 06.12.2011 | Business
Read More: Deficit, Debt, Anthony Weiner, Economy, Paul Ryan Medicare, Gang of Six, Timothy Geithner, Medicare, Social Spending, Newt Gingrich, Job Creation, Business News

Democrats should be enjoying a nice political windfall thanks to the Republicans' blunder on Medicare. But watch for the bipartisan Gang of Six to snatch defeat out of the jaws of victory.

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The Paradox of Social Progress and Economic Reaction

| Posted 06.19.2011 | Politics
Read More: U.S. Economy, Joblessness, Jobless Rate, Economy Crisis, Economic Development, African-American-Socio-Economic-Gap, Economic Gap, Politics News

American society has become more inclusive in according rights to women, African-Americans, the LGBT community, people with disabilities -- and far more unequal and precarious economically.

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A Depressing Story You Need to Read

| Posted 06.26.2011 | Politics
Read More: Food and Drug Administration, New York Review of Books, Drug Prices, Drug Industry, Affordable Care Act, Marcia Angell, Healthcare Reform, Placebo, Politics News

Corrosion of the public spirit of scientists and the distortion of scientific inquiry is one of the many costs of pervasive commercialization. And what's truly depressing is that the Obama FDA is only marginally better on this front than George W. Bush's.

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