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Economics
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Do we need planning
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=InQ7l4Nv1YE&rel=0] PAUL JAY, SENIOR EDITOR, TRNN: Welcome to The Real News Network. Michael Hudson talking: in the past, ever since the Neolithic agriculture, wherever you … Do we need planningRead more
Posted inEconomics / Fossil fuel / Oil
Stop fossil fuel subsidies
Progressive lawmakers Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Rep. Keith Ellison (D-Minn.) teamed up on Thursday to introduce legislation designed to stop subsidies to the oil, … Stop fossil fuel subsidiesRead more
Posted inEconomics / Financial crisis / ToMl
Alternatives emerging from the Greek crisis
Greece is gripped by an official self-fulfilling rhetoric that ‘there is no alternative’ to a hard-line, socially divisive, austerity-driven return to business-as-usual. It’s a policy … Alternatives emerging from the Greek crisisRead more
Posted inEconomics / Social / ToMl / Worker
Apple, Accustomed to Profits and Praise
Protesters visited a half-dozen Apple stores around the world to deliver petitions calling for reforms in the working conditions at factories run by Apple’s suppliers … Apple, Accustomed to Profits and PraiseRead more
Posted inBank / Economics / ToMl
Top 20 dirtiest banks
Private banks are the first to claim to fight climate change – but do they put their money where their mouth is? That’s exactly what … Top 20 dirtiest banksRead more
Posted inEconomics / Oil
Impact of rising gas price
Do we need to continue to accept the tyranny of Big Oil? Protest against oil price hike by using public transport and electric vehicles.
Posted inClimate Disaster / Economics / Fossil fuel / Oil
1.4 billion a day to disruptclimate
We distort reality when we omit the health and environmental costs associated with burning fossil fuels from their prices. When governments actually subsidize their use, … 1.4 billion a day to disruptclimateRead more
Posted inChina / Economics / Job / ToMl / USA Empire
The Apple Connection
Ever since the beginning of the current global economic crisis, the focus of both critical analysis and public odium has been speculative capital. In the … The Apple ConnectionRead more
Posted inEconomics
Modern money theory
MMT as the Austerity Alternative Stephanie Kelton and Michael Hudson talking at the first Italian grassroots economic summit on Modern Money Theory in Rimini, Italy, … Modern money theoryRead more