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July 25 marks the 1902 birth of Eric Hoffer, known as the “longshoreman philosopher” for the manual labor he performed for most of his life.

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As part of an ongoing series of papers about Walmart, Big Box retail, and economic change, I’m reading a lot of criticism of big companies th

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According to the Socialist Party USA website, “In socialism, full employment is r

According to the Socialist Party USA website, “In socialism, full employment is realize

Governments seem to use “market-like” solutions to obvious commons-problems.

Here are some basic principles of bizarro economics in the 21st century:

While 2,300+ pages worth of financial regulation just passed Congress that will provide the tools to, in the words of Henry Paulson, “help mitigate

As Kinsella points out, a major feature o