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Medicare’s Demise is Not Imminent, But Health Care Costs are Rising Unsustainably
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Medicare’s Demise is Not Imminent, But Health Care Costs are Rising Unsustainably

The trustees of the Medicare and Social Security trust funds released their annual report and the news was not good because shortfalls will come in eight years. However, it can be fixed because the main…

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Trump’s Trade Wars: An Opportunity to Refashion the Intellectual Property Regime?
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Trump’s Trade Wars: An Opportunity to Refashion the Intellectual Property Regime?

One of the main arguments for imposing tariffs on China is that China is undermining the intellectual property of US companies. China can now either retaliate against US tariffs or take this opportunity to help…

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Trump’s Trade War with China: A Great Miscalculation
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Trump’s Trade War with China: A Great Miscalculation

Trump and his advisors seem to be extremely ill-informed about the ways in which China can retaliate, even though the US can impose tariffs on more Chinese goods, than China can impose on the US,…

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Trump Up in Polls; Who Benefits From Economic Growth?
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Trump Up in Polls; Who Benefits From Economic Growth?

GDP growth up, stock market up, will the economic expansion continue and who are the winners? Dean Baker and Randall Wray join host Paul Jay Subscribe to our page and support our work at https://therealnews.com/donate….

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