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US drug prices doubled since 2011
According to a new report by the pharmacy benefits manager Express Scripts, the average price of brand-name drugs increased by 16.2 percent last year. Between … US drug prices doubled since 2011Read more
Posted inEconomics / Surveillance / ToMl / USA Empire
Millions Spent on Warrantless Cell Phone Spying
The U.S. Marshals Service spent more than $10 million on secret spying equipment known as Stingrays to conduct mass surveillance operations—possibly from the air—on Americans’ … Millions Spent on Warrantless Cell Phone SpyingRead more
Posted inEconomics / Latin America / ToMl / USA Empire
Buying old debts of dying nations, dying companies, even dying people
Argentina has reached an agreement to pay U.S. hedge funds that have sought for 14 years to profit off the country’s economic crisis. The hedge … Buying old debts of dying nations, dying companies, even dying peopleRead more
Posted inEconomics / Fossil fuel / ToMl
Buffett’s Fossil Fuel Empire
Billionaire Warren Buffett has bet the future of his company Berkshire Hathaway on dirty energy. In recent years he has been building a vertically-integrated fossil … Buffett’s Fossil Fuel EmpireRead more
Posted inEconomics / Military / Refugees / USA Empire
Is This War World III?
There are 60 million refugees in the world, the same number as were refugees at the end of WW II. Is this WWIII? I don’t … Is This War World III?Read more
Posted inEconomics / ToMl
Real vs Money Incomes
In inflationary times, real income growth is always good news. However, in deflationary times, real income growth may well reflect a deepening recession (or even … Real vs Money IncomesRead more
Posted inEconomics / ToMl
Is Money at the Root of Today’s Big Problems?
After hearing about Positive Money, some peace campaigners and Quakers in north Wales felt that the banking system had to be addressed if any progress … Is Money at the Root of Today’s Big Problems?Read more
Posted inEconomics / Latin America / Politics / ToMl
The struggle of Venezuela against ‘a common enemy’
Pilger: There are straightforward principles and dynamics at work here. Washington wants to get rid of the Venezuelan government because it is independent of US … The struggle of Venezuela against ‘a common enemy’Read more