Economics
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The Republicans’ Military Budget Could Make Every Homeless Person In America A Millionaire
Last year, the United States spent more than $596 billion on the military, a total greater than the next six countries in the world combined. … The Republicans’ Military Budget Could Make Every Homeless Person In America A MillionaireRead more
Posted inEconomics / Privatization / ToMl
The Public Sector Is A Milk Cow For Private Enterprise
Social Security and Medicare are under attack from Wall Street, conservatives, and free market economists. The claims are that these programs are unaffordable and that … The Public Sector Is A Milk Cow For Private EnterpriseRead more
Posted inEconomics / Neoliberalism / Politics / ToMl
The Political Movement that Dared not Speak its Own Name
Thoughts on Neoliberalism from a Polanyian Perspective Laissez faire was planned, explained Karl Polanyi in The Great Transformation: The origins of the market system go … The Political Movement that Dared not Speak its Own NameRead more
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Bayer and Monsanto: A Marriage Made in Hell
In a world infected with a plethora of immoral multinational corporations, it is hard to think of two corporations who have more nefarious histories than … Bayer and Monsanto: A Marriage Made in HellRead more
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The rising political consciousness
Posted inCorruption / Economics / Politics / USA Empire
Clinton Laughs
The Intercept’s Lee Fang recently questioned Hillary Clinton about her speeches for Wall Street giant Goldman Sachs, which paid her $675,000 for just three appearances. … Clinton LaughsRead more
Posted inEconomics / ToMl / Women
Why women earn less
Women earn nearly one-third less than men within a year of completing a PhD in a science, technology, engineering or mathematics (STEM) field, suggests an … Why women earn lessRead more
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A Global Movement Challenging a Broken Economic System
http://commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_large/public/views-article/nuitdebout.jpg?itok=49Df3JX8 One commonality of these social movements for ‘real democracy’—whether in France, Turkey, Tunisia, or the U.S.— is that while they start as protests against … A Global Movement Challenging a Broken Economic SystemRead more