Economy

Wells Fargo told, "Big bank bonuses are outrageous"

By Bill Sorem, The Uptake

Minneapolis community advocates marched from "The People’s Plaza" (also known as Hennepin County Government Center) to the Minneapolis Offices of Wells Fargo Bank to protest end of year big bank bo

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Would Newt Gingrich's idea about poor kids work?

By Cynthia Boyd, MinnPost

Presidential candidate Newt Gingrich has stated he would challenge laws that prevent children from working certain jobs. (Photo: REUTERS/Daron Dea)

On the subject of poverty and helping people bootstrap their way up and out of it, Louis King is an expert.

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Fueling the future

By Erik Hare, Barataria

News stories on the economy are full of many subjects that would have seemed strange to American readers just a few years ago – European banking, the developing world, clever financial instruments, and so on.  There is one word that is strangely absent, however – “Recovery”.  This once prominent term has apparently been banished from reporting, possibly because no one believes that th

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The water, energy and food nexus

By Andrew Ranallo, Think Forward

As I flew back from Bonn last week, on my way back from the Bonn 2011 Nexus Conference (16–18 November), one thing was clear to me. Corporate environmentalism is entrenching itself firmly in the corridors of global governance, and challenging its advance will require new strategies.

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Where are the jobs?

By Erik Hare, Barataria

Since October, most of the financial news has been about Europe and the potential for a global meltdown.  The credit squeeze resulting from this crisis has become painful enough to demand serious action, which in global terms means our own MORE »

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Black Friday: Did I just support a bunch of exploitative capitalist powermongers?

By Jay Gabler, Front Row Seat

I didn't actually buy anything on Black Friday, unless you count a pair of drinks at the Minnesota Centennial Showboat. I did, however, write about Black Friday—and drew a lot of flack for it.

On The Tangential, a creative writing blog I'm among the proprietors of, I published a post titled "Shut the Hell Up About How Stupid Black Friday Is." 

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Graph of the Day: Which percent are you?

By Michael Diedrich, Minnesota 2020

With all of the hullaballoo these days about the 99% and the 1% – or the 47% and the 53% if you're reading conservative propaganda – it's worth figuring out which percent (roughly) you're in. With that in mind, here's a graph to help you out.

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Moral hazard

By Erik Hare, Barataria

Back in 2009, there was a lot of talk about the “moral hazard” of bailing out big financial institutions.  The concern was that, once bailed out, the banks would learn that no matter what happened the Federal Reserve and government would be there to cover all of their bad loans – and thus make more.   In short, providing insurance for default makes it more likely that it will occ

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OPINION | Minnesota gains from imported talent

By Lee Egerstrom, Minnesota 2020

Patricia Tetteh and her husband Victor Lartey provide valuable services for people in the Rochester area and for patients at the Mayo Clinic.

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Buy little, buy small

By Erik Hare, Barataria

The first snow of the season fell around us in Saint Paul, a wet gloppy snow that froze into a slick shield of ice.  The city pulled in tight around itself as driving became an ordeal, knuckles tight and eyes wide and everything as white as the world itself.  A week and a season defined by rush-rush and shopping started with a moment apart from the world made for hot cocoa.

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