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http://nyti.ms/1hPYvy4 How can governments adopt substantial, effective policies in order to benefit the poor and the working class when corporations, the affluent and owners of

Life in Canada, Home of the World’s Most Affluent Middle Class – NYTimes.com http://mobile.nytimes.com/2014/05/01/upshot/canadians-have-plenty-of-concerns-but-also-a-sense-theyre-better-off.html?hpw&rref=&_r=0&referrer= Life in Canada, Home of the World’s Most Affluent Middle Class

Obamacare: It’s Working! | Politics | Rolling Stone http://m.rollingstone.com/politics/news/obamacare-its-working-20140409 Obamacare: It’s Working! Photo: Illustration by Victor Juhasz No one would claim that the Affordable Care

A Link Between Fidgety Boys and a Sputtering Economy – NYTimes.com http://mobile.nytimes.com/2014/04/29/upshot/a-link-between-fidgety-boys-and-a-sputtering-economy.html?referrer= A Link Between Fidgety Boys and a Sputtering Economy The behavior gap between

What Does Buddhism Require? – NYTimes.com http://mobile.nytimes.com/blogs/opinionator/2014/04/27/what-does-buddhism-require/?_php=true,true&_type=blogs,blogs&src=me&ref=general&_r=1 What Does Buddhism Require? This is the fifth in a series of interviews about religion that I am

How Private Equity Firms Defraud Investors By Extracting ‘Fees’ From Their Portfolio Companies – Forbes http://www.forbes.com/sites/realspin/2014/04/29/how-private-equity-firms-defraud-investors-by-extracting-fees-from-their-portfolio-companies/ How Private Equity Firms Defraud Investors By Extracting ‘Fees’

Nobel Prize-Winning Economist: We’re Headed for Oligarchy – Atlantic Mobile http://m.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2014/04/nobel-prize-winning-economist-were-heading-for-oligarchy/361200/ Nobel Prize-Winning Economist: We’re Headed for Oligarchy Medici rule. Those were the days. (Wikimedia

http://nyti.ms/1pnCf44 The American middle class, long the most affluent in the world, has lost that distinction. While the wealthiest Americans are outpacing many of their

Earth Day’s Founding Father | The Nation http://www.thenation.com/blog/179449/earth-days-founding-father Earth Day’s Founding Father The late Earth Day founder Gaylord Nelson (AP Photo/Mark Hoffman) Gaylord Nelson had