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Time for the Fed To Meet the FTC

Robert Kuttner The American Prospect
The real source of too many price hikes is concentrated market power, not macroeconomic overheating.

Victory! – Starbucks Stops Opposing Its Baristas’ Union

Harold Meyerson The American Prospect
In a historic breakthrough, Starbucks and its workers announce they’ve come together. In a joint announcement Starbucks and Workers United agreed “to begin discussions on a foundational framework designed to achieve…collective bargaining agreements.”

5 Reasons Why a Debt Commission Is the Wrong Prescription

Sharon Parrott, Joel Friedman Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
Raising revenues is central to any responsible effort to reduce deficits, but there is no sign that long-standing Republican resistance to raising revenues has reversed or even softened.

Why Does Flying Suck So Much?

Robert Reich Nation of Change
Companies get away with bad behavior when we accept their excuses that there’s just no other way to run a business.
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