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Of Myths and Markets: Moving Beyond the Capitalist God That Failed Us

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The National Association of Manufacturers, for example, saw its membership fall from over 5,000 businesses to fewer than 1,500. A sign of increasing labor power, these rising union numbers felt just as scary to the real-life business tycoons as the dialogue in the movie Citizen Kane suggests.

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Excessive Wealth Has Run Amok—This Must Stop

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Slavery became the economic engine of the United States, fueling wars and building industries, including agriculture, banking, small business, and manufacturing. Comprising consultants, attorneys, accountants, wealth managers, and others, this wealth defense industry employs various tools to hide wealth and avoid taxation.

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The Social Contract: What’s Missing in the “Historic” Biden Legislation?

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Research/development, manufacturing, workforce. Taxation is mildly deflationary, since, by definition, taxes reduce the money available for consumer purchases. Basics (water, broadband, electric grid, resiliency). Transportation (airports, electric cars, rail, roads, transit). Long-term care. percent increase from the $4.9