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Sam Pizzigati's picture

Should the Billionaire Club Start Paying Dues?

Austerity budgets are spreading everywhere, but wealth, new data show, has become more concentrated at the global economic summit than ever before. From Cairo to Palo Alto, even some conservatives are now talking wealth tax.

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Richard Eskow's picture

TV Appearance: A Little Buzz Kill About Jobs Numbers, Hedge Fund Billionaires, and Other Econ Stuff

I think Alonya was suggesting at the end that I was being a downer about those job figures ... I believe the current slang term for that kind of thing is "buzz kill." Oh, well!

For a change, all of the political negativity coming from my general vicinity was directed at Republicans - and only Republicans.

(This was last-minute, hence the unshaven look.)

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Deepak Bhargava's picture

The Lame Direction of the Lame Duck

Nearly 2 million U.S. workers are facing premature elimination of federally-funded unemployment benefits if Congress doesn't act by November 30. Yet the talk dominating Washington, D.C. these days is about extending George Bush's tax giveaway to the rich. Really?

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Sam Pizzigati's picture

Census Time for Billionaires

The world's super-duper rich, in the new Forbes magazine count, total just over 1,000 — and hold more wealth than half of humanity.

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