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What About Josephine the Plumber? A Call for a Moral Economy

Judi Jennings | Posted 11.20.2008 | Business

Read More: Environment, Financial Crisis, Poverty, Technology, Economy, Distribution of Wealth, Globalization, Moral Economy, Wall Street Collapse, Business News
Judi Jennings

A moral economy recognizes that all people in this country are interconnected, because we are all part of the same social and political system.

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Up Against a Wall (Street): The Financial Crisis and Jewish Values

Rabbi Shmuley Boteach | Posted 11.20.2008 | Living

Read More: Moral Values, Marriage, Stereotypes, Divorce, Jewish Stereotypes, Judasim, Jewish, The Holocaust, Financial Crisis, Discrimination, Family Values, Elie Weisel, Wall Street Collapse, Living News
Rabbi Shmuley Boteach

The crisis in the Western world is not financial, but a crisis of values. Isn't that what all our financial experts have been saying -- the collapse was caused by greed and material insatiability?

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Who Would Want To Be President in These Times?

Bob Starks | Posted 11.07.2008 | Politics

Read More: Presidential Debates, Economy, 2008 Presidential Race, Job Losses, John McCain, Social Security, Economic Crisis, Inauguration Day 2009, George W. Bush, Federal Programs, Bailout Bill, Barack Obama, American World Image, Rising Unemployment, Foreign Relations, Nafta, Wall Street Collapse, Foriegn Economics, Medicare, Medicaid, Politics News
Bob Starks

After all of the cheering and congratulations on Inauguration Day, the new president will have to face the reality of the end of an era of prosperity and American world domination.

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Why I Won't Shed Tears For Wall Street

Robert Reed | Posted 10.20.2008 | Business

Read More: Economy, Leveraged Buyouts, Investment Banks, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, 401k Drop, Wall Street Crisis, Wall Street Regulation, Wall Street, Lehman Brothers, Wall Street Collapse, Greedy Companies, Larry Kudlow, Bear Stearns, Wall Street Protectors, Business News
Robert Reed

How many companies have been damaged in the name of maximizing shareholder value? How many unnecessary mergers, spin-offs and other dumb deals were spawned just to give the stock a jolt? How many jobs and benefits were cut because Wall Street said that was an easy path to operating "efficiencies" and greater short-term returns?

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