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The Gift America Needs Most: Manufacturing

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 12.22.2009 | Business

Read More: Harley-Davidson, Barbie, Manufacturing Strategy, Steel, Derivatives, Erector Set, Manufacturing, Wall Street Journal, Santa, Unemployment, General Motors, Wall Street, Great Recession, Furlough, New York Times, Monopoly, Business News
Leo W. Gerard

The gift this country needs most this holiday season is an economy built on a solid foundation, one that will provide middle class, family-supporting jobs now and into the future.

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Friday Talking Points [99] -- Misdirection

Chris Weigant | Posted 10.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: White House, Pentagon, Troops, Medicare for All, Rumor Mongering, Guantanamo, Monopoly, Reform, Alan Grayson, Dscc, Pentagon Budget, Roger Ailes, Nixonian, Charles Schumer, President, Magic, Military, Bailout, Emanuel, Midotw, Nancy Pelosi, Ailes, Most Impressive Democrat of the Week, Health Care, Reid, Public Option, Olympia Snowe, Democrat, Congress, Playing the Victim, Close Gitmo Now, Rumor, Stage Magic, Democrats, Barack Obama, Rage Against the Machine, Executive Compensation, Calls, Schumer, Mddotw, Rahm Emanuel, Wasted, Health, Weiner, Harry Reid, Nixon, Healthcare, Senate, Orchestra Pit Theory, President Obama, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Fox, Obama, Democratic, Media, Grayson, Friday Talking Points, Republican, Pelosi, Snowe, Enemy, Organizing for America, Misdirect, Guantanamo Bay, Most Disappointing Democrat of the Week, Orchestra Pit, Victim, Robust Public Option, Anthony Weiner, Trigger, Trust Busting, House, Tom Morello, Victim Card, War, Ad, Opt Out, 1000 Hours, Defense Appropriations, Enemy of America, Misdirection, Wall Street, Chris Weigant, Health Insurance, Health Insurers, 300000, Fox News, Medicare, Chuck Schumer, Executive Pay, Torture, Morello, Politics News
Chris Weigant

The real head-scratcher for serious media-watchers right now is what the "war" between the White House and Fox News was meant to distract us from this week. The "war" itself is laughable, for a number of reasons.

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Norwegian Wins Monopoly Championship And $20,000

BBC NEWS | Posted 10.23.2009 | World

Read More: Monopoly, Games, Monopoly-World-Edition, Norway, World News

A 19-year-old Norwegian is $20,580 (£12,200) richer - in real money - after sweeping the board at the World Monopoly Championships in Las Vegas....

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Ralph Anspach: Economist Spent Decades Fighting Monopoly Game's Corporate Owner

Wall Street Journal | MARY PILON | Posted 10.20.2009 | Home

Read More: Monopoly History, Economics, UC Berkeley, Monopoly, Origins, History of Monopoly, Ralph Anspach, Great Depression, Monopoly Game, Landlord's Game, Monopoly Board Game, Hasbro, Supreme Court, Elizabeth Magie, Economist, Professor Anspach, Parker Brothers, Home News

Ralph Anspach, an 83-year-old economics professor, spent decades locked in a real-life battle with Monopoly and its corporate owners. The campaign den...

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Obama Wins Family Monopoly Game: Sparks Right Wing Outrage

Ian Gurvitz | Posted 10.14.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Monopoly, Comedy, Obama Nobel Peace Prize, Obama Wins Nobel Peace Prize, Obama Real Estate, President Obama, Comedy News
Ian Gurvitz

Press Secretary Robert Gibbs announced this morning that the President and his family played a game of monopoly in the White House kitchen this past Sunday, which the President won. Reaction from the right was instantaneous and vitriolic.

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Great Products Launched During A Recession

Mainstreet | Seth Fiegerman | Posted 10.06.2009 | Business

Read More: Ipod, General Electric, Twinkies, Monopoly, Inventions, Photocopier, Basketball, Fortune Magazine, Miracle Whip, Recession, Diet Coke, Scotch Tape, Coors, Nestle, Heinz, Business News

More than half of the companies on this year's Fortune 500 list were founded during a recession or bear market. The next breakthrough business could b...

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The Most Ominous Monopoly

Michael Carmichael | Posted 11.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Electronic Voting, Hunt Oil, Diebold, Touchscreeen Voting, ES&S, Paperless Voting, Monopoly, Carolyn Hunt, Chuck Hagel, Capitalism: A Love Story, Politics News
Michael Carmichael

America's love story with capitalism is crystallized in the merger of two computerized voting machine giants like nothing that has ever been seen before in American history.

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Monopoly's Hidden Maps Helped World War II Prisoners Of War Escape

ABC News | Posted 11.18.2009 | World

Read More: Hidden Monopoly Maps, World War Two POW, POW Escape, World War Two, Monopoly Hidden Maps, Pow, Monopoly, POW Escape Maps, World War Two POW Escape, World News

During World War II, as the number of British airmen held hostage behind enemy lines escalated, the country's secret service enlisted an unlikely part...

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Save the Whales! Abolish Patents!

David K. Levine | Posted 11.15.2009 | Business

Read More: Generics, Monopoly, Health Care Reform, Copyrights, Innovation, Intellectual Property, Health Care, Pharmaceuticals, Patents, Business News
David K. Levine

The case for drastically reducing and eventually abolishing medical patents is clear: they raise the social cost of drugs, and medicine, while providing little or even a negative incentive for medical innovation.

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Monopoly With Liberty and Social Justice For All?

D. Brad Wright | Posted 11.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Politics, Philosophy, Liberty, Social Justice, Income Inequality, Equality of Opportunity, Health Care Reform, Monopoly, Equal Opportunity, Health Care, Civil Rights, Politics News
D. Brad Wright

Is the path from opportunity to outcomes guided by a set of rules that can be considered fair?

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Top 5 Sports Stories

Len Berman | Posted 11.09.2009 | New York

Read More: Monopoly, Derek Jeter, U.S. Open, Rafael Nadal, Serena Williams, New York Mets, Ted Williams, New York News
Len Berman

5'5" French President Nicolas Sarkozy bussed in 20 short people to stand behind him for a speech so he would look taller. In a related story, the Knicks have inquired about their availability.

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Busting the Health Care Trusts, One Way or Another

Stephen Herrington | Posted 11.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Bill Clinton, Congress, Trust-Busting, Monopoly, Health Insurance, Democrats, Obama Health Care, Legislation, Barack Obama, Senate, Health, Health Care Reform, Antitrust, Universal Health Care, Health Care, Republicans, Politics News
Stephen Herrington

Politically, economically and socially, it is not worth passing a bill that does not reduce health care costs, except to temporarily mitigate the ER as primary care status quo for 50 million people.

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Goog The Underdog?

Fortune's Stanley Bing | Posted 09.28.2009 | Business

Read More: Microsoft, Msft, Regulatory Policy, Goog, Google, Monopoly, Dailyfinance, Gmail, Business News
<i>Fortune</i>'s Stanley Bing

Google has jumped the shark. Google is going to invade your backyard and drain your above-ground pool. Goog this. Goog that. Boo!

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Why is the Antitrust Division Investigating the Google Book Search Settlement?

Pamela Samuelson | Posted 09.19.2009 | Media

Read More: Antitrust, Orphan Works, Copyright, Google Book Search, Media, Monopoly, Media News
Pamela Samuelson

Antitrust analysis generally starts with a definition of the affected market. The market for digital books is currently rather small, but it is growing.

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China's Miracle Economy: Have the Chinese Become the World's Greatest Capitalists?

Ellen Brown | Posted 09.17.2009 | World

Read More: Monopoly, Banking Crisis, Communism, Wall Street Bailout, Capitalism, China Economy, World News
Ellen Brown

To the extent that China's stimulus plan is working better than in the U.S. and the U.K., this seems to be because the government is using the banks for public ends, rather than allowing the banks to use the government for private ends.

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First 100 Days Retrospective: Ford, Carter, Reagan

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Retrospective, Pardon, President Obama, Hostages, Ronald Reagan, Economy, James Carter, Carter's First 100 Days, Obama, Cold War, Assassination Attempt, President, Reagan, Iran, History, Ford's First 100 Days, Gerald Ford, Assassination, Nixon Pardon, President Carter, President Reagan, President Ford, Historic, Economic Crisis, Ford, Carter, Obama's First 100 Days, Energy Crisis, Stimulus, Barack Obama, Fdr, Reagan's First 100 Days, First 100 Days, First Hundred Days, Chris Weigant, Jimmy Carter, Nixon, Monopoly, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Roosevelt, Obama 100 Days, 100 Days, Politics News
Chris Weigant

What is striking is how often the media gets it wrong when measuring up new presidents. Journalists should approach judging a president's first 100 days with some humility.

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Tea And Sympathy

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: American Revolution, President Obama, Washington, Rebel, Boston, Monopoly, Fox, Obama, Media, Tin Foil Hat, Taxation Without Representation, Dc, Britain, East India Company, Teabag, Tax Day, Tea Taxes, Tea Bag, Almost Got Shagged, Cuppa Tea, Cigarettes, Fellow Traveler, Revolution, British East India Company, Protest, Lower Taxes, Higher Taxes, Tea Party, Protestors, Tea, Parliament, Taxes, Tobacco Tax, Smokers, Tea Tax, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Boston Tea Party, Washington DC, Anti-Tax, Smuggler, Barack Obama, Teabag Party, Smuggling, Tax, Chris Weigant, Smuggle, Giles, Fox News, Cigarette Taxes, Boston Harbor, Colonies, Spike, Cigarette Tax, Tinfoil Hat, Tax Day Tea Party, Buffy, United Kingdom, Politics News
Chris Weigant

If the modern-day Tea Parties are smart, they would try to educate the public and hang their whole protest on the "anti-bailout" hook.

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Fast-Rising Protest Group Challenges Power of the Bankers

Kristina Rizga | Posted 05.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Monopoly, A New Way Forward, Youth, Simon Johnson, Bank Bailout, Online Organizing, Tiffiniy Cheng, Financial Crisis, Politics News
Kristina Rizga

In the first three weeks, 8,000 people of all ages signed up to participate in protests planned in over 55 cities. WireTap talked to Tiffiniy Cheng to find out why A New Way Forward thinks a different bailout plan is urgent.

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Plumbing the Depths of GOP Labels

Dave Astor | Posted 04.17.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Soccer Moms, Personal Seat Licenses, Gop, Joe the Plumber, Gulliver's Travels, Football, Hockey Moms, Barack Obama, Yahoo, Ringtones, Scrabble, Health Insurance, Abraham Lincoln, Republicans, Monopoly, Deductibles, Southern Strategy, Zambonis, Comedy News
Dave Astor

How can the GOP get more votes in the future, even if it doesn't diversify its monikers? Perhaps by assembling a synergistic coalition of "hockey moms" and "NASCAR dads."

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Great Games for Christmas: The Economy Edition!

Jilly Gagnon | Posted 01.23.2009 | Style

Read More: Holidays, Chutes and Ladders, Humor, Board Games, Satire, Economy, Christmas, Hasbro, Monopoly, The Game of Life, Candyland, Guess Who, Clue, Life, Milton Bradley, Style News
Jilly Gagnon

Great game for Christmas? Clue. I know who did it! It was Pastor Warren, in the chapel, with the lead pipe! Oh....OH, oh my god. Kids, turn away! That is NOT a marriage!

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Cowboy McCain Makes Bush Look Like A Genius

Rob Kall | Posted 10.27.2008 | Business

Read More: John McCain Cowboy, Monopoly, Antitrust, Wall Street Crisis, Bailout, Idiots, Mcidiot, Business News
Rob Kall

What kind of message does it send to responsible companies when losers are rewarded? The answer is, allow failures to fail, reward strong companies. Why can't members of congress get it?

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Global Monopoly: Which Prestigious City Got The Boardwalk Spot?

AP | Posted 09.21.2008 | Business

Read More: Monopoly, Global Monopoly, Montreal, Best Cities, Quebec, Riga, Business News

EAST LONGMEADOW, Mass. — Bye bye, Boardwalk. The Quebec metropolis of Montreal snagged the most expensive spot on a new global version of Monopo...

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Hasbro's Monopoly "World Edition" Gets Caught In Jerusalem Feud

MSNBC | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Monopoly, Monopoly World Edition, Hasbro Monopoly, Hasbro, Business News

Monopoly, the iconic game of capitalism, has been drawn into the dispute over Jerusalem. Hasbro Inc. issued an apology Thursday after an employee, re...

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