So, how many people have medical debt? Actually, it’s around 100 million people around the country that have medical debt. And that’s racked up to … End Medical DebtRead more
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We Need to Talk About the Original Sin of Economics
When you think of original sin and the fall of Adam and Eve, an economics class probably isn’t the first thing that comes to mind. … We Need to Talk About the Original Sin of EconomicsRead more
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The United States of Paralysis
Political paralysis is snuffing out what is left of our anemic democracy. It is the paralysis of doing nothing while the ruling oligarchs, who have … The United States of ParalysisRead more
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Principles of concentration and power at work in America today
Noam Chomsky’s new book, Requiem for the American Dream: The Ten Principles of Concentration of Wealth and Power, based on the film of the same … Principles of concentration and power at work in America todayRead more
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US Has Killed More Than 20 Million In 37 Nations Since WWII
After the catastrophic attacks of September 11 2001 monumental sorrow and a feeling of desperate and understandable anger began to permeate the American psyche. A … US Has Killed More Than 20 Million In 37 Nations Since WWIIRead more
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History’s Lessons On Capitalism’s Failures
Germany & U.S. https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/economicupdate/Econ_Update_2020.02.04.s11e05.mp3 Richard Wolff Economic Update
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Survival of the richest
Elon Musk, one of the world’s richest men, paid a ‘true tax rate’ of just over 3% from 2014 to 2018. Aber Christine, a market … Survival of the richestRead more