economy
Snapshots of the super rich and the rest of us
June 22, 2012CEO pay at America's seven largest banks averaged 100 times the median U.S. household income in 1989 -- and over 500 times that median in 2007.
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Krugman: Obama flubbed line on economy
June 13, 2012Paul Krugman understands what President Barack Obama was trying to say when he messed up with the line, "The private-sector is doing fine."
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New Yorkers protest Bloomberg’s budget cuts
June 12, 2012Public budget hearings gave City Council members and citizens an opportunity to push back against Mayor Michael Bloomberg.
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Native Americans left out of economic recovery, as always
June 11, 2012For urban Native Americans, the jobless rate averages around 48 percent. In general, Indian Country is in a permanent depression even when the national economy is on the upswing.
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The danger of a Romney election
June 8, 2012Private sector revised job figures show an average of less than 90,000 per month since January. Unemployment inched back up to 8.2 percent.
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