Big Dirty Money, The Shocking Injustice and Unseen Cost of White-collar Crime , by Jennifer Taub, Viking, New York, 2020 The term “white-collar crime,” which … “White-collar crime” and the nature of capitalismRead more
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OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma pleads guilty to criminal charges
Purdue Pharma LP pleaded guilty to criminal charges over the handling of its addictive prescription painkiller OxyContin, capping a deal with federal prosecutors to resolve … OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma pleads guilty to criminal chargesRead more
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The Corporate Top 1% Control Over 50% of International Trade
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DdPhlGNV_to&rel=0&feature=relmfu] Richard Kozul-Wright
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Vaccine monopolies make cost of vaccinating the world against COVID at least 5 times
The cost of vaccinating the world against COVID-19 could be at least five times cheaper if pharmaceutical companies weren’t profiteering from their monopolies on COVID-19 … Vaccine monopolies make cost of vaccinating the world against COVID at least 5 timesRead more
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IMF is Back in Business in Latin America – Just as Neoliberal as Always
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_PnLwddr9Q&rel=0&feature=relmfu] Vijay Prashad
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Pandemic profiteers
Faced with an economic crisis that could lead to starvation or riots, a finance minister was forced to default on their country’s debt, massively devalue … Pandemic profiteersRead more
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Anti-Capitalist Politics in the Time of COVID-19
When trying to interpret, understand, and analyze the daily flow of news, I tend to locate what is happening against the background of two distinctive … Anti-Capitalist Politics in the Time of COVID-19Read more
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Corporate management doesn’t work for basic public infrastructure like health care
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15o7DsK9PFc&rel=0&feature=relmfu] Richard Wolff, Michael Hudson
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Amazon’s Jeff Bezos cashes in on coronavirus pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic has sent millions of workers and their families, already scraping to survive, into a financial tailspin from which many will never recover. … Amazon’s Jeff Bezos cashes in on coronavirus pandemicRead more
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“Nobody is Above the Law” – Except The “Big Boys”
Law schools should have courses on the expanding immunities of government and corporate officials from criminal prosecution and punishment. Guest lecturers, speaking from their experience, … “Nobody is Above the Law” – Except The “Big Boys”Read more