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IMF: higher taxes for rich will cut inequality without hitting growth
Higher income tax rates for the rich would help reduce inequality without having an adverse impact on growth, the International Monetary Fund has said. The Washington-based IMF used its influential half-yearly fiscal monitor to demolish the argument that ...[Read more]
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How Swedes and Norwegians Broke the Power of the 1 Percent
While many of us are working to ensure that the Occupy movement will have a lasting impact, its worthwhile to consider other countries where masses of people succeeded in nonviolently bringing about a high degree of democracy and economic justice. Sweden ...[Read more]
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Hillary Clinton WikiLeaks Emails Reveal Campaign Dismissed Black Lives Matter Concerns With One Word: ‘Yuck’
WikiLeaks' release of thousands of leaked emails from Hillary Clinton's campaign has not yet produced the kind of bombshell revelation that some hoped would sink the Democratic nominee's presidential bid. But one email reveals the tension between the Clin ...[Read more]
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Ivanka Trump, Jared Kushner Behind White House Extension of LGBTQ Protections
Daughter Ivanka and son-in-law Jared Kushner were reportedly behind US President Donald Trump's decision to uphold the previous administration's workplace protections against discrimination based on gender or sexuality. Early this week, the White House is ...[Read more]
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