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Trying to Revive American Manufacturing Is a Fool's Errand

Trying to Revive American Manufacturing Is a Fool's Errand

Rumors of America's manufacturing renaissance are greatly exaggerated. Those jobs are gone and aren't coming back.

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Michael Bloomberg College: Is a College Degree Still Worth It For the Average Student?

Michael Bloomberg College: Is a College Degree Still Worth It For the Average Student?

In such a tough economy, does it make sense for the average student to risk student loan debt in order to pursue higher education?

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Ben Bernanke Testifies: Why We Need A Full Audit Of the Federal Reserve

Ben Bernanke Testifies: Why We Need A Full Audit Of the Federal Reserve

A full audit of the Federal Reserve would lead to more transparency in the Fed, a government organization which often operates behind closed doors.

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What Is Quantitative Easing? The Case For Ending a Successful Program

What Is Quantitative Easing? The Case For Ending a Successful Program

Why the Fed should end QE if it wants to lower unemployment and spur economic growth.

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Tim Cook Senate Hearing: How Did Apple Avoid $44 Billion in Taxes?

Tim Cook Senate Hearing: How Did Apple Avoid $44 Billion in Taxes?

It's easy to cast Apple and other multi-national corporations as the villains in avoiding corporate taxes, but our whole corporate tax system is to blame for millions in lost revenue.

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Tim Cook Hearing: John McCain Sums Up How Useless Congress is in 10 Seconds

Tim Cook Hearing: John McCain Sums Up How Useless Congress is in 10 Seconds

Well, that was quick. Apple CEO Tim Cook just went from being grilled on tax evasion to being joked with in the middle of a Senate hearing.

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ESPN Layoffs: Disney Advises Sports Network to Cut Hundreds

ESPN Layoffs: Disney Advises Sports Network to Cut Hundreds

ESPN plans to lay off hundreds of employees in response to a request from parent company Disney. Can the network continue to be extremely profitable?

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Jamie Dimon Vote: CEO Survives Vote, As JP Morgan Favors Profit Over Risk

Jamie Dimon Vote: CEO Survives Vote, As JP Morgan Favors Profit Over Risk

Despite Dimon’s success as chairman and CEO, the vote to keep him in both roles simultaneously reinforces the dangerous system of concentrated power in major American corporations.

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