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Which profile fits a money manager’s ideal customer – a “Mass affluent” 50-year old or a dead broke 20-something? The wealth management industry would do well…
One thing we have become all too used to is that our reality can be manipulated to create the appearance of something else entirely. Invading…
Usually, we don’t stop to think about how the whole economy works together. A major reason is that we have been lacking data to see…
We Have Our Own Debates on “Free Your Mind Friday!” Waiting for the next round of televised, lip-flapping, corporate-media Q&A sessions they’re calling “debates?” Fuggeddaboudit!…
Eventful days in the middle of summer. Just as the Greek Pandora’s box appears to be closing for the holidays (but we know what happens…
This week, my guest on the Progressive Radio Network is Diane Hatz, the Founder and Executive Director of Change Food, a company who’s mission is…
During the Great Depression, big business needed rebranding.  Blamed for the crash, belittled in the press, and beset by the New Deal’s regulatory state, corporate…
The federal government has spent more than $3.3 billion over the past two decades creating and fueling the charter school industry, according to a new financial analysis…
Ever since Milton Friedman, American economist (1912-2006), who considered himself the heir to Adam Smith, used the term neoliberalism in an essay “Neoliberalism and its…
When researchers examine violent assault numbers, historically the data has pointed to higher rates of female victimization in developing countries. But a study by a…
If only the great arguments between religion and doubt could be settled by scientific evidence. A story this week has it that solid evidence has…
SEATTLE—Kshama Sawant, the socialist on the City Council, is up for re-election this year. Since joining the council in January of 2014 she has helped…