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Economy & Work
  • Inequality
    Why Is it so Controversial to Help Poor Mothers Afford Diapers?
    August 15, 2014
    | Bryce Covert
    Imagine you’re a single mother working a minimum-wage job with a toddler at home. When your diaper supply runs out mid-month, where can you turn to help you afford that incredibly basic necessity?
  • A Study in Plutocracy: Rich Americans Wield Political Influence, the Rest of Us Don't
    August 14, 2014
    | John Light
    "The influence of ordinary Americans registers at a 'non-significant, near-zero level.'"
  • Why We Need a Retail Workers Bill of Rights
    August 14, 2014
    | Mackenzie Baris
    Despite its high minimum wage, San Francisco has the second-highest rate of income inequality among major US cities.
  • Lobbyists Are Seeking to Delay for Years a Key Piece of Bank Regulation
    August 13, 2014
    | John Light
    Though it's already behind schedule, banks say they need until 2020 to comply with the Volcker rule.
  • Economy & Work
    How to Avoid Taxes While Profiting From Them
    August 13, 2014 | Updated October 17, 2014
    | Martha Rosenberg
    "Inversions" are particularly unpatriotic for companies like these two health care giants that profit heavily from government spending.
  • No Safe Place: How Cities Are Making it Illegal to Be Homeless
    August 13, 2014
    | Michael Maskin
    Laws criminalizing sitting, sleeping, lying down and camping leave homeless people with nowhere to go when the shelter system fails them.
  • Economy & Work
    There's Another Mammoth Global Trade Agreement You’ve Never Heard Of
    August 12, 2014
    | Cole Stangler
    This one might be the worst yet.
  • When a People's CEO is Fired, Workers Speak Out
    August 12, 2014
    | Robert Reich
    A popular CEO who promoted low prices and high wages gets fired, and his employees and customers rally to his defense.
  • Economy & Work
    Meet the Woman Who Terrifies Wall Street Bankers
    August 11, 2014
    The New York Times profiles Anat R. Admati, the Stanford finance professor who makes "banks shudder." Watch her interview with Bill from earlier this year.
  • Economy & Work
    Walgreen Drops "Inversion" Plans to Avoid US Taxes
    August 7, 2014
    Following pressure from activists groups and the Obama administration, the drugstore chain has said it will not move overseas.


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