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Will Americans Pay For American-Made?

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BY FROMA HARROP Wow, this T-shirt costs only $8. Great color. Problem is, your finger could punch a hole through it. In most Americans’ shopping experience, colors change and styles come and go, but there’s one constant: low quality and a sweatshop-country label. Lot’s been said lately about a flickering comeback in American apparel manufacturing. […]

Twain’s Prescience

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BY DAVID PERRYMAN West of Tuttletown, CA, in the Sierra Nevada Mountains between Yosemite National Park and the San Joaquin Valley, my wife and I...

Who’s The Economy For?

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BY SHARON MARTIN Trickle down or tinkle on, the idea that rich people getting richer is good for all of us has been debunked. It...