Category Archives: Economics

Gender Gap

Posted on June 6, 2012 by Arlen Grossman

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ERIC HOLDER KNOWS THIS WELL

Posted on June 5, 2012 by Arlen Grossman

 BPR Quote of the Day “The greatest enemy of justice is privilege.” Marie von Ebner  (Von Ebner, 1830-1916,  was an Austrian writer.)

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WALL STREET REFORM: GOING…GOING…GONE

Posted on May 31, 2012 by Arlen Grossman

How Wall Street Killed Financial Reform It’s bad enough that the banks strangled the Dodd-Frank law. Even worse is the way they did it – with a big assist from Congress and the White House. By Matt Taibbi/ Rolling Stone/ … Continue reading →

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Tough Beans

Posted on May 31, 2012 by Arlen Grossman
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THAT QUEASY ELECTION FEELING

Posted on May 26, 2012 by Arlen Grossman

Even Best-Case Election Scenarios Not Very Promising By Arlen Grossman/ The Big Picture Report dailycal.org Do you hold the belief that no matter how the 2012 election turns out America’s future is bleak? You have good reason for feeling that … Continue reading →

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What We Don’t Know Can’t Hurt Us, Right?

Posted on May 21, 2012 by Arlen Grossman
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Too Hot For TED: Multi-Billionaire’s Banned Speech

Posted on May 19, 2012 by Arlen Grossman

Don’t Miss This One! The Speech TED Didn’t Want You to See….. BPR Editor’s Note: Multi-Billionaire venture capitalist Nick Hanauer appeared at a TED conference (invitation-only for powerful and creative business and political leaders) in March, and said things that … Continue reading →

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WHY OCCUPY? WHY NOW?

Posted on May 16, 2012 by Arlen Grossman

Plutonomy and the Precariat:  On the History of the US Economy in Decline by Noam Chomsky/ TomDispatch.com/ May 8, 2012 The Occupy movement has been an extremely exciting development. Unprecedented, in fact. There’s never been anything like it that I … Continue reading →

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This Campaign is Going Strong

Posted on May 15, 2012 by Arlen Grossman

BPR Quote of the Day “The war on privilege will never end. Its next great campaign will be against the privileges of the underprivileged.” H.L. Mencken

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Good Question

Posted on May 14, 2012 by Arlen Grossman
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