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Mario Gabriele • Harvard, a Media Company | The Generalist
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Martin Gurri • Revolt of the Public and the Crisis of Authority in the New Millennium
news that’s fit to print,” but it delivered a large enough proportion of published topics that, as a practical proposition,
Martin Gurri • Revolt of the Public and the Crisis of Authority in the New Millennium
The president's approval ratings, which were hovering at around 20 percent in July, fell to single digits by October, and a survey of Buenos Aires residents showed that half favored Cavallo's resignation.
Paul Blustein • And the Money Kept Rolling in (And Out): Wall Street, the Imf, And the Bankrupting of Argentina: Wall Street, the IMF and the Bankrupting of Argentina
Politics
Raf Noboa y Rivera • 1 card
Bill Clinton received a generous and possibly inappropriate $1 million “birthday gift” from the country of Qatar to the Clinton Foundation when Hillary was secretary of state. To complicate matters further for the Clintons, their foundation failed to notify the State Department of Bill’s gift, even though Hillary had signed an ethics agreement prom
... See moreSharyl Attkisson • The Smear: How Shady Political Operatives and Fake News Control What You See, What You Think, and How You Vote
Effective tax rates before and after the Trump tax law:
Verizon Before: 21% After: 8%
Walmart Before: 31% After: 17%
AT&T Before: 13% After: 3%
Walt Disney Before: 26% After: 8%
FedEx Before: 18% After: 1%
This is what a corporate giveaway looks like.
Robert Reich
Pressure on the technocracy will build. America is heading toward an institutional crisis in which the competence of the technocracy and the institutions of the federal government will be questioned.