| Dec 18, 2013 | Economy / BusinessI always agonize while compiling a list of the 10 greediest Americans of the year. Every holiday season, I find so many candidates deserving this distinction that bankers alone could fill this list. Or fast-food CEOs. Male masters of the universe again dominate this...
| Dec 11, 2013 | Rights / DemocracyWorld Bank economist Branko Milanovic does serious work. His explorations into global income distribution have won him a wide — and appreciative — audience in scholarly and policy-making circles the world over. But Milanovic isn’t always crunching data and...
| Dec 4, 2013 | Rights / DemocracySometimes you don’t have to say anything “new” to make news. Consider the “apostolic exhortation” the Vatican recently released. This statement from Pope Francis, observers note, didn’t really break new theological ground. But the...
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| Nov 27, 2013 | UncategorizedDeck the halls, this holiday season, with scenes of hunger. Struggling families all across America now have less food on their tables. Budget cuts that kicked into effect November 1 have lowered the nation’s average federal food stamp benefit to less than $1.40...
