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| This is for GENERAL READING AND EDUCATION...to both help folks get up to speed on the issues, or to store reference writings/data/documentation for the issues/visioning/policy groups to refer to in their posts.
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| ==Info and News about Money, Politics, Corruption, Corporations, Housing, (Un)employment, and the Economy==
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| '''"Anonymous" Inspiration'''<br>
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| [[http://www.whatis-theplan.org/]]
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| '''Charts/Numbers Framing "the Issue"'''<br>
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| [[http://www.businessinsider.com/what-wall-street-protesters-are-so-angry-about-2011-10?op=1]]
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| '''This is the face of the 99%'''<br>
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| [http://wearethe99percent.tumblr.com http://wearethe99percent.tumblr.com]
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| '''Chart of the Day: These are the 47 Percent'''<br>
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| Brian Beutler<br>
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| ''Talking Points Memo''<br>
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| 10/14/11<br>
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| [http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2011/10/chart-of-the-day-these-are-the-47-percent.php http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2011/10/chart-of-the-day-these-are-the-47-percent.php]
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| '''Could This Time Have Been Different?'''<br>
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| Ezra Klein<br>
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| ''Washington Post''<br>
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| 10/8/2011<br>
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| [http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/ezra-klein/post/could-this-time-have-been-different/2011/08/25/gIQAiJo0VL_blog.html http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/ezra-klein/post/could-this-time-have-been-different/2011/08/25/gIQAiJo0VL_blog.html]
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| '''SWAT Teams in St. Louis Protecting Bank of America; Refusing Customer Withdrawals'''<br>
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| 10/4/11<br>
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| [http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Db_P0wHsSz0# http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Db_P0wHsSz0#]
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| '''Group Pushes for Corporate Tax Holiday'''<br>
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| ''NPR''<br>
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| 10/4/11<br>
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| [http://www.npr.org/2011/10/04/141054578/group-pushes-for-corporate-tax-holiday http://www.npr.org/2011/10/04/141054578/group-pushes-for-corporate-tax-holiday] | |
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| '''5 Facts You Should Know About the Wealthiest One Percent of Americans'''<br>
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| Zaid Jilani<br>
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| ''ThinkProgress''<br>
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| 10/4/11<br>
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| [http://www.alternet.org/economy/152601/5_facts_you_should_know_about_the_wealthiest_one_percent_of_americans http://www.alternet.org/economy/152601/5_facts_you_should_know_about_the_wealthiest_one_percent_of_americans] | |
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| '''The Reign of the One Percenters'''<br>
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| ''Orion Magazine''<br>
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| 9/10/2011<br>
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| [http://www.orionmagazine.org/index.php/articles/article/6470 http://www.orionmagazine.org/index.php/articles/article/6470]<br>
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| Author’s postscript/response to Occupy Wall Street: [http://www.orionmagazine.org/index.php/newsfrom187/entry/6518 http://www.orionmagazine.org/index.php/newsfrom187/entry/6518]
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| '''Good capitalism does exist. And it's more crucial now than ever'''<br>
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| Will Hutton<br>
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| ''The Guardian Observer''<br>
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| 10/1/2011<br>
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| [http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/oct/02/will-hutton-ed-miliband-new-capitalism http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/oct/02/will-hutton-ed-miliband-new-capitalism]
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| '''The Truth About “Class War” in America'''<br>
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| Richard D. Wolff<br>
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| 9/28/2011<br>
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| [http://www.zcommunications.org/the-truth-about-class-war-in-america-by-richard-d-wolff http://www.zcommunications.org/the-truth-about-class-war-in-america-by-richard-d-wolff]
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| '''The Curse of Tina'''<br>
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| Adam Curtis<br>
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| ''BBC's Adam Curtis Blog''<br>
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| 9/13/2011<br>
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| Blog post on the creation and proliferation of neoliberal think tanks<br>
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| [http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/adamcurtis/2011/09/the_curse_of_tina.html http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/adamcurtis/2011/09/the_curse_of_tina.html]
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| '''Obama Goes All Out For Dirty Banker Deal'''<br>
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| Matt Taibbi<br>
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| ''Rolling Stone''<br>
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| 8/24/11<br>
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| [http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/blogs/taibblog/obama-goes-all-out-for-dirty-banker-deal-20110824 http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/blogs/taibblog/obama-goes-all-out-for-dirty-banker-deal-20110824]
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| '''Wall Street Aristocracy Got $1.2 Trillion in Secret Loans'''<br>
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| ''Bloomberg''<br>
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| 8/21/11<br>
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| [http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-08-21/wall-street-aristocracy-got-1-2-trillion-in-fed-s-secret-loans.html http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-08-21/wall-street-aristocracy-got-1-2-trillion-in-fed-s-secret-loans.html]
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| '''Dylan Ratigan’s Mad As Hell Moment'''<br>
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| ''MSNBC''<br>
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| 8/2011<br>
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| [http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2011/08/dylan-ratigans-mad-as-hell-moment.html http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2011/08/dylan-ratigans-mad-as-hell-moment.html]
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| '''How to fix America's jobs crisis'''<br>
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| Fareed Zakaria<br>
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| ''CNN''<br>
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| 6/5/2011<br>
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| [http://globalpublicsquare.blogs.cnn.com/2011/06/05/fareeds-take-how-to-fix-americas-jobs-crisis http://globalpublicsquare.blogs.cnn.com/2011/06/05/fareeds-take-how-to-fix-americas-jobs-crisis]
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| '''Debt Crisis Hangs Over Washington Politics'''<br>
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| Mara Liasson<br>
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| ''NPR''<br>
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| 4/29/11<br>
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| [http://www.npr.org/2011/04/29/135829375/debt-crisis-hangs-over-washington-politics http://www.npr.org/2011/04/29/135829375/debt-crisis-hangs-over-washington-politics]
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| '''Michael Lewis Drops Some Wisdom on Wall Street'''<br>
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| Michael Lewis<br>
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| ''Columbia Journalism Review''<br>
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| 3/15/2010<br>
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| [http://www.cjr.org/the_audit/michael_lewis_drops_some_wisdo.php http://www.cjr.org/the_audit/michael_lewis_drops_some_wisdo.php]
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| '''The Quiet Coup'''<br>
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| Simon Johnson<br>
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| ''The Atlantic''<br>
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| 5/2009<br>
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| [http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2009/05/the-quiet-coup/7364/ http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2009/05/the-quiet-coup/7364/]
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| '''How Washington's Bailout Will Boost Wall Street Bonuses'''<br>
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| Stephen Gandel<br>
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| ''Time''<br>
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| 10/27/2008<br>
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| [http://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1853846,00.html#ixzz1ZgCSAOVZ http://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1853846,00.html#ixzz1ZgCSAOVZ]
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| '''The Giant Pool of Money'''<br>
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| ''This American Life and NPR's Planet Money''<br>
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| 5/9/2008<br>
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| [http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/355/the-giant-pool-of-money http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/355/the-giant-pool-of-money]
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| '''Return to the Giant Pool of Mone'''y<br>
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| ''This American Life and NPR’s Planet Money''<br>
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| 9/25/2009<br>
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| [http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/390/return-to-the-giant-pool-of-money http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/390/return-to-the-giant-pool-of-money]
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| '''Planet Money’s blog'''<br>
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| ''NPR''<br>
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| September 2008 - present<br>
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| Comprehensive explanation of how our economic system works.<br>
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| [http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/ http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/]
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| '''A global assessment of wealth and wellbeing'''<br>
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| [http://www.prosperity.com/country.aspx?id=US http://www.prosperity.com/country.aspx?id=US]
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| '''Why tax havens cause poverty'''<br>
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| [http://taxjustice.blogspot.com/ http://taxjustice.blogspot.com/]
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| '''Widely acclaimed report on tax havens, banking secrecy jurisdictions, etc.'''<br>
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| [http://www.amazon.com/Tax-Havens-Globalization-Cornell-Studies/dp/0801476127/ref=sr_1_5?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1317858538&sr=1-5 http://www.amazon.com/Tax-Havens-Globalization-Cornell-Studies/dp/0801476127/ref=sr_1_5?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1317858538&sr=1-5]
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| '''Comparison of the Reported Tax Liabilities of Foreign- and U.S.-Controlled Corporations, 1996-2000'''<br>
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| [https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=explorer&chrome=true&srcid=0B8ZwU8P4sgUSMGNlOWMxMzItMjIzNy00MDA1LWJjZTYtMTExNDMxMTBhYjhj&hl=en_US https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=explorer&chrome=true&srcid=0B8ZwU8P4sgUSMGNlOWMxMzItMjIzNy00MDA1LWJjZTYtMTExNDMxMTBhYjhj&hl=en_US]
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| '''Comparison of the Reported Tax Liabilities of Foreign- and U.S.-Controlled Corporations, 1998-2005'''<br>
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| [https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=explorer&chrome=true&srcid=0B8ZwU8P4sgUSMGJjMTU3NDAtOTI1OS00YjlmLTg0OTYtOTZiYTIwMjRhN2Mw&hl=en_US https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=explorer&chrome=true&srcid=0B8ZwU8P4sgUSMGJjMTU3NDAtOTI1OS00YjlmLTg0OTYtOTZiYTIwMjRhN2Mw&hl=en_US]
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| ''Based on: [http://occupyboston.wikispaces.com/Education Education at wikispaces]''
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