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The Hunger Games Are Coming

Harlan Green | Posted 05.01.2013 | Business
Read More: Karl Rove, HUnger Games, GW Bush, St. Louis Federal Reserve, Paul Krugman, Darwinism, CIA World Factbook, Obama Economy, Gop Economics, Business News
Harlan Green

Since the 1970s, Republican economic policies have prevailed that diverted most of the fruits of prosperity to the wealthiest, so that the rest of U.S. have less to spend -- even though consumer spending drives 70 percent of economic activity.

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The Small Government Fallacy

Harlan Green | Posted 01.02.2013 | Business
Read More: Mitt Romney, CIA World Factbook, Paul Ryan, Joseph Stiglitz, Income-Ineqality, Business News
Harlan Green

Its most graphic evidence is how much of our productivity surge has not been returned to those who created such wealth since the 1970s. That was when the philosophy of "government is the problem" took hold. A coincidence? Hardly.

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Loadshedding: The Lights Went Out Again

Jeanette Khan | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Electricty, Pakistan, Power Outages, Gasoline Generators, Loadshedding, Sher Baz Khan, Electricity Outages, Generators, The Dawn, CIA World Factbook, State Infrastructure, Mohammedmian Soomro, Green News
Jeanette Khan

When the lights go out at shops during one of the the daily power outages in Pakistan, it's a bit scary, but most people keep moving about doing what they're doing. It's just part of life.

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