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Economists fight over “Capital”: Piketty vs. establishment
January 7, 2015A Harvard economist was reduced to making personal attacks as he tried to evade Thomas Piketty's key theses about capitalism and its tendencies toward unsustainable inequality.
Read moreHigh and low points of Connecticut’s history with Cuba
January 7, 2015The Dec. 17, 2014 announcement by President Obama establishing full diplomatic relations with Cuba was a day we thought we might never see.
Read moreGOP Congress aims dagger at Social Security
January 7, 2015On its first day of business here the GOP-run House launched what could end up as the most serious attack yet on Social Security.
Read moreSen. Harkin closes career with demand that lawmakers give workers ‘opportunity’
January 5, 2015Closing his 40-year career on Capitol Hill, retiring Senate Labor Committee chairman Tom Harkin challenged his colleagues to give workers and all other people in the U.S. opportunity.
Read moreTop labor board official files charges against McDonald’s
January 5, 2015McDonald's is one of the nation's largest low-wage employers, and its workers have been in the vanguard of the national movement for decent wages.
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