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Because You're Worthless - Challenging The Current Economic System in 3 Minutes

Because You're Worthless - Challenging The Current Economic System in 3 Minutes | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it
3 minutes | Poem by Agnes Török on the news of a new Conservative budget. Based on experiences of living in Britain under austerity as a young, queer, unemployed, female immigrant student - and not taking it...
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The Facts Are in: Austerity Politics Doesn't Work

The Facts Are in: Austerity Politics Doesn't Work | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it
From England's double-dip recession to Portugal's spiking unemployment, there is now conclusive evidence of the complete failure of austerity.
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Addressing the Senate, an Anti-Austerity Economist Criticizes U.S. Budget Policy

Addressing the Senate, an Anti-Austerity Economist Criticizes U.S. Budget Policy | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it
There is much confusion, politically sown, about what debt is, what it does and what it costs. This includes the false ideas that the government deficit is unsustainable, that “entitlements” are bleeding us and that paying interest on the national debt displaces money that would otherwise be spent on public programs.
- 2015/03/13
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