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The U.S. Needs a “Robin Hood Tax”

The U.S. Needs a “Robin Hood Tax”

| Aug 14, 2024 | Economy / Business|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyThis year’s presidential race has unfolded like a made-for-TV drama, with twists and turns aplenty. But no matter who wins the White House or Congress, a giant tax fight awaits them next year — when a number of the 2017 tax cuts for the rich and businesses expire....
Our Tax Code Rewards Corporate Price Gouging. Next Year, We Can Change That.

Our Tax Code Rewards Corporate Price Gouging. Next Year, We Can Change That.

| Jul 31, 2024 | Economy / Business|Editors Picks|HP FeaturedNext year, we’ll have to make one of the most important decisions about the future of our economy. Will we hand more power and wealth to big corporations and the rich — or invest in a healthy and resilient economy that works for all of us? In 2017, Republican...
Semiconductor Jobs Are Coming. Here’s How to Make Them Good.

Semiconductor Jobs Are Coming. Here’s How to Make Them Good.

| Jul 25, 2024 | Economy / Business|HP SubfeaturedThe 2022 CHIPS and Science Act created a huge opportunity to boost domestic production of the semiconductors that power everything from refrigerators and trains to electronic devices. The Biden administration has also taken important steps to make sure these...
Extreme Inequality is a Threat to Free Speech

Extreme Inequality is a Threat to Free Speech

| Jul 3, 2024 | Economy / Business|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyThis op-ed was written for Inside Sources. It can be republished with attribution to InsideSources.com. I was a student in the late 2000s when I had my first brush with “cancel culture.” A campus group had invited Nick Griffin — a racist Holocaust denier and leader of...
Corporate America’s New Euphemisms for Gouging

Corporate America’s New Euphemisms for Gouging

| Jun 27, 2024 | Economy / Business|HP SubfeaturedWe should pay attention to corporate America’s fluctuating wordplay, for their frequent contortions of language disguise ploys to dupe, confuse, and rip off us hoi polloi — i.e., their customers. For example, here’s a mouthful that’s been gaining popularity among...
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