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The "independent" expenditures in the midterm elections are record-breaking
How efforts to increase voter turnout exacerbate inequality.
We assume executives are paid to perform. But what are they really compensated for?
Today’s high unemployment isn’t a result of a lack of skilled labor but rather a slow recovery.
In the last decade, the earnings of older workers have increased significantly, which may reduce some of the pain of cuts to the social safety net.
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