The Affordable Healthcare Act has received much criticism, but few have yet to realise one of its significant benefits.
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The media’s job is to inform the public, but when it comes to the US budget, they obfuscate.
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US media outlets are disingenuously claiming that social programmes are putting Americans in debt.
A tax on financial transactions will reign in banks and other financial institutions, and may prevent another crisis.
The US is the only wealthy country in the world where workers are not guaranteed paid leave.
The Obama administration is rewriting history in its bid to appoint Larry Summers as Federal Reserve Board Chair.
The Glass-Steagall Act provided financial security for Americans and now is the time to revive the legislation.
“Buy American” provisions shouldn’t be overlooked when negotiating Trans-Pacific Partnership and US-EU trade agreement.
Misplaced policy and macroeconomic priorities are leading the Labour party down an erroneous path of deficit reduction.
The Federal Reserve chairman should be more daring when it comes to reducing unemployment rates in the US.
