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Sarah Anderson on Fiscal Reform
Sarah Anderson
Sarah Anderson discusses the failure of the “super committee,” congressional deadlock, and fiscal reform on Democracy Now, November 22 2011.
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Tom Ferguson, the State of the Union
Tom analyzes the Obama State of the Union, particularly the deficit and employment on the Real News Network, January 25 2012.
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Simon Johnson, the Deficit
Simon Johnson discusses the national debt on MSNBC, April 7th, 2012.
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Budget and Tax Policy, Campaign Finance & Elections, Citizens United, Corporate Takeover, Corruption, Disclosure and Disclosure Act, FEC, Federal Election Reform, Pay to Play/ Money and Politics, Public Financing, Super PACs
How Better Voter Targeting Can Win Elections
Laura Quinn, CEO of Catalist, explains how her database pools voter data nationwide to target specific voters. Comparing the Kerry and Obama campaigns in Ohio, Quinn shows that while Kerry only targeted Democrats, Obama targeted voters from across the political spectrum
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Dean Baker, Austerity and Its Prospective Problems
Dean Baker discusses the economic downturn and the rise of austerity on MSNBC, December 21 2010.
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Sony Kapoor on Tax Havens
Sony Kapoor, along with the General Secretary of CIFA Jean-Pierre Diserens and author of “Banking Secrecy is Dead” Myret Zaki, discusses tax havens, evasion, and regimes that make tax avoidance accessible on Al Jazeera, July 24th 2012.
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Impact of Sequestration
Former Chief Economist of the IMF Simon Johnson dissects the impact of sequestration on GDP, employment and government services on Morning Joe, MSNBC February 20th, 2013.
