Mark Weisbrot
LATEST ARTICLES BY Mark Weisbrot
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Opinion
In Ferguson, a prosecutor manipulates the justice system to prevent indictment
December 8, 2014Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson never went to trial for killing Mike Brown, but he had one of the best attorneys anyone in his situation could have had.
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Opinion
Chavez’s legacy
March 7, 2013He was repeatedly re-elected by wide margins, and will be mourned not only by Venezuelans but by many Latin Americans who appreciate what he did for the region.
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Opinion
Taxing the oil companies hot air
February 3, 2006Last October 12 U.S. Senators sent a letter to nine major oil companies, asking them to donate part of their record profits to help poor Americans faced with large increases in their heating oil costs this...
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Hold your ground, refuse to surrender
April 15, 2005Two leading Democratic strategists, James Carville and Stanley Greenberg, publicly took their party to task for its “just say no” approach to President Bush’s proposed privatization and benefit cuts. “To say there is no problem simply...
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Bushs ownership society: No taxes for owners, only workers
September 24, 2004“When you hear them say, tax the rich, be careful,” warned George W. Bush in a speech Sept. 16. “The rich hire lawyers and accountants for a reason, because they don’t want to pay. And you...
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U.S.
Social Security doing just fine
February 13, 2004You may have heard that our Social Security system is headed for trouble when the generation known as the baby boom begins to retire. You heard wrong.
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The post-bubble economy: A better world
August 2, 2002Across the country, it is finally sinking in. There really was a bubble in the stock market, and it has now burst. This is not like Tiger Woods having a bad day at the British Open....
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