LIBERAL/RADICAL THINKTANKS AND INSTITUTES -- SOURCES FOR ECONOMIC DATA AND ANALYSIS
Government Spending, Taxes, and Other Policies
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities - studies government spending and tax policies and their effects on low- and moderate-income people
OMB Watch - analyzes budget process, federal government spending and taxes, income/wealth inequality; useful charts
Citizens for Tax Justice - studies impact of specific taxes; seeks "fair taxes for middle and low-income families, requiring the wealthy to pay their fair share"
The Concord Coalition - advocates fiscal responsibility (reducing budget deficits) while maintaining Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid
Financial Markets Center - provides readable analysis of Federal Reserve monetary policy and U.S. and global financial markets
National Priorities Project - provides data on state and local impact of federal spending policies and national security spending and policies (maps)
Social Security Resources - articles, data from Union for Radical Political Economics website

Inequality
United for a Fair Economy - examines negative effects of "concentrated wealth and power" on the economy, democracy, the racial divide, and communities
Inequality.org - data, analysis of causes and results of growing U.S. inequality of "wealth, income, power and opportunity"
Too Much: A Commentary on Excess and Inequality - labor economist examines "excessive" income/wealth, corporate practices, government policies

Various Topics
Dollars and Sense - monthly magazine, left perspectives on current economic issues, written for the general public and activists; archives of back issues 
Economic Policy Institute - for "a prosperous, fair, and sustainable economy"; living standards, jobs, entitlements, trade & globalization, education inequality
Econ-Atrocity Bulletins - current issues from Center for Popular Economics
CorpWatch - has articles on wide range of topics, including specific industries and politics, to fight "corporate-led globalization"
Moving Ideas - progressive analysis of current issues from 180 research organizations (sponsored by American Prospect magazine)
Heterodox Economics Newsletter - info on academic programs, conferences, journals, books from non-mainstream economic views
Left Business Observer - witty critique of economic news, radio show interviews, Social Security critique, and entire book Wall Street for download

LIBERAL/RADICAL POLITICAL NEWS & OPINIONS
Common Dreams News Center - compiles many liberal and radical viewpoints, gives lots of links to news sources
Truthout - independent left views on current news
Indymedia (Independent Media Center)  - current news in 8 languages from a worldwide network of collectively run media outlets (left/progressive views)
AlterNet - independent media and personal narratives, policy critiques, investigative reports, success stories, blogs across racial, generational lines
Infoshop.org - anarchist news service, anarchist theory, links; select "Economics Kiosk" for critical analysis of economic theories, current issues
Counterpunch - investigative newsletter with many daily opinions
Democracy Now - daily left radio show with streaming audio and video, podcasts, on U.S. and international topics (broadcast locally on KPFA, 94.1 FM)
Socialist Worker -- radical analysis of current events, economy, politics
Jay's Leftist and "Progressive" Internet Resources - articles on current news related to anti-war movement, imperialism, economic crisis, current issues
MRzine - independent Marxists on economic/political topics; Monthly Review magazine site
Zmag.org - tons of viewpoints, issue reviews, from Z Magazine (radical)
Aternative Media Watch - lots of opinion pieces and links, from Z Magazine

LIBERAL/RADICAL INDIVIDUALS - WEBPAGES & BLOGS
Paul Krugman new website - incisive columns and articles on current issues by liberal Princeton economist
Paul Krugman older site - past columns, economic analysis
Brad DeLong's Semi-Daily Journal - chatty, pointed liberal blog by Cal economist
Daily Kos - left political opinions, links to other left blogs
Whiskey Bar - left and irreverent political opinions, links to other left blogs

LIBERAL ACTIVIST AND LOBBYING ORGANIZATIONS
AFL-CIO - federation of U.S. labor unions researches jobs, wages, income inequality, sweatshops, corporate power, globalization, Social Security, and "BushWatch" center tracking Bush administration policies
ACLU (American Civil Liberties Union) - issue/legal info from activist group
Green Party (U.S.) - 10 key principles include ecological wisdom, social justice, community-based economics and economic justice

RADICAL THEORIES
Marxists Internet Archive -  many full texts of classic Marxist literature, biographies, historical information, encyclopedia of Marxism

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