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By Mike Whitney

Monday s report on consumer spending is a perfect example of how the media distorts the news to create a cheery narrative of 'economic recovery'.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28985.htm



Revolution is a Potluck

By Cindy Sheehan

Back in the days of the Great Depression in the 20s, 30s, and 40s, 'community' wasn t a concept, it was a reality-with longevity in residence, no TV box, and multi-generational homes-for better, or worse, we needed each other.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28981.htm



Madison Ave. Declares 'Mass Affluence' Over

By Sam Pizzigati

The top 10 percent of American households, now account for nearly half of all consumer spending, and a disproportionate share of that spending comes from the top 10 s upper reaches.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28976.htm



The Election March of the Trolls

By Chris Hedges

We have begun the election march of the trolls. They have crawled out of the sewers of public relations firms, polling organizations, the commercial media, the two corporate political parties and elected office to fill the airwaves with inanities and absurdities until the final inanity-the 2012 presidential election.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28974.htm



IMF downgrades US economic forecast

If fear from the Fed that the economy was crumbling wasn't enough to raise a scare on Wall Street last week, now the IMF is also saying that the outlook on America isn't what it should be.

https://rt.com/usa/news/imf-fed-economic-lagarde-389/



Youth Employment Rate Hits Record Low for July

'The combined impacts of the Great Recession and increases in the minimum wage in states and at the federal level have locked thousands out of the labor market,' he said.

http://www.newsmax.com/US/youth-employment-July-labor/2011/08/25/id/408710


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