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Kirn Vintage Stock / Corbis / Paul Howell … We Killed the Middle Class. Here’s How We Can Revive It.
By helping one another reach our full potential, we’ll help the whole country get its swagger back.
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It's Not Too Late for a Real Stimulus That Creates Jobs and Lasting Growth
It starts with infrastructure
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Who Destroyed the Economy? The Case Against the Baby Boomers
Retirees and near-retirees are leaving behind a devastated economy for their children ... but are we doing anything to fix it? Here, two generations debate who's really to blame for the wreckage.
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'I'm Working Really Hard, but I'm Not Getting Ahead': The New Middle Class Trap
How "staying put" became the new "moving up" in U.S. economy
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National Journal Horatio Alger, RIP
The American Dream of upward mobility has been losing ground as the economy shifts. Without a college diploma, working hard is no longer enough.
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Obama Could Have Done Better: Just Look at Sweden
If life gives you meatballs, make them Swedish.
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Ralf-Finn Hestoft/Corbis Shifting Storm Path Poses New Challenges for GOP
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The Truth About Romney's Tax Plan: It's a Pipe Dream
Mathematically and politically, the GOP presidential hopeful's tax plan doesn't seem to work
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The Jobs Report Won't Fundamentally Change the Presidential Race
An awful report would have aided Romney; a great one would have boosted Obama. But the more-of-the-same result means the race stays murky.
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The Simplest Way to Understand the Bain Outsourcing Drama? Think of a Lemonade Stand ...
A summertime analogy for the summer's weirdest and most confusing election controversy
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Commerce Secretary John Bryson Resigns
The Cabinet member was involved in a traffic accident earlier this month, reportedly after suffering a seizure.
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In Ohio, Obama and Romney Both Offer Few New Economic Proposals
In twin speeches in the swing state, both candidate bash each others' plans, but new solutions aren't forthcoming.
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We're Not 'Fine': The 3 Iron Truths of the Recovery
Number one: The recovery is slow and weak, but progressing
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The 100% Economy: Why the U.S. Needs a Strong Middle Class to Thrive
Nick Hanauer is the kind of innovator and venture capitalist expected to power the country's next wave of growth. So why does he insist that only the fading middle class can rescue America?
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Income Inequality Apparently Too Touchy a Subject for TED
There’s one idea that TED’s organizers recently decided was too controversial to spread: the notion that widening income inequality is a bad thing for America, and that as a result, the rich should pay more in taxes.
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The 2012 Campaign Has a Face and It Is Sad
Meet the television star of the fledgling 2012 general election campaign: the sad sack.
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The Buffett Rule Won't Get You a Job
Taxing millionaires might be smart politics, but not much more. It's definitely not a serious plan for lowing the unemployment rate.
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Smart Politics vs. Sound Economics: The Battle for Mitt Romney's Soul
As president, would the GOP frontrunner follow his all-star economic advisers--or the promises he has made to the Republican base?
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Mitt Romney Has Lost Control of the Bain Capital Narrative
His record as a turnaround wizard in the private sector ought to be gold in the Republican Party, but somehow Romney finds himself on the defensive.
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How Much Do Good December Job Numbers Help Obama?
The White House should be happy about the excellent employment report, but the president still faces a stacked economic deck.
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