Robert Pollin
Economics
Posted inEconomics / Media / ToMl / USA Empire
Creating World’s Largest Media Conglomerate
Telecommunications giant AT&T has agreed to purchase Time Warner for $85 billion. If approved by federal antitrust regulators, the megamerger would give AT&T control over … Creating World’s Largest Media ConglomerateRead more
Posted inEconomics / India / Law / Medicine / Patent / Politics
Indian Generic Pharma Warns Against Government Caving To US Pressure On Data Exclusivity
The Indian Drug Technical Advisory Board meeting on 7 November is expected to discuss a measure that could lead to opening the way to a … Indian Generic Pharma Warns Against Government Caving To US Pressure On Data ExclusivityRead more
Posted inEconomics / ToMl
12 Companies Control the Entire Peruvian Economy
The book, “Elite Power and Political Capture,” by Francisco Durand and John Crabtree reveals who the major actors in the Peruvian economy are, how much … 12 Companies Control the Entire Peruvian EconomyRead more
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‘Radical Pragmatism’ and the Economy
Kathy Kiely: So tell me a little bit about, Robert Frank, your intellectual history. How did you come to be so interested in income inequality? … ‘Radical Pragmatism’ and the EconomyRead more
Posted inEconomics / Surveillance / ToMl / USA Empire
AT&T Is Spying on Americans for Profit
On Nov. 11, 2013, Victorville, California, sheriff’s deputies and a coroner responded to a motorcyclist’s report of human remains outside of town. They identified the … AT&T Is Spying on Americans for ProfitRead more
Posted inBank / Debt / Economics / Multimedia
House Prices – Why are they so high?
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AT&T-Time Warner merger to expand corporate, state control of media
AT&T, the telecommunications and cable TV colossus, announced Saturday that it has struck a deal to acquire the pay TV and entertainment giant Time Warner. … AT&T-Time Warner merger to expand corporate, state control of mediaRead more