tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com - 10/6/2009
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If the average American worker had any economic literacy, they would look at this chart and scream, "I've been getting royally screwed since 2001!" Capitalism was not supposed to work this way--as the workers become more productive their wages fall. But of course as wages fall and layoffs grow, ...
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Digest for October 5th through October 6th
The Republic of T. —
Here are some of the people writing about some of the stuff I wish I had time to write about, for October 5th through October 6th:
Americans Dying Too Soon: U.S. Behind Other Nations In Preventable Deaths –
Howard Dean: Why Books Are Still Central to Our Political Culture –
The Missing Health Care Debate –
Op-Ed Contributor: A Texas-Sized Health Care Failure –
The Recovery: Can You Feel It Yet? –
Jonathan Tolins: The Lesson of Kevin Jennings –
Food Contamination Is a Labor ...
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