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“The Pluralist Commonwealth”
Over time, a fundamental shift in the ownership of wealth would slowly move the nation as a whole toward greater equality directly - through, for instance, worker-owned enterprises; and …
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Cartoon Killers for Romney
As soon as Citizens came down, billionaires pulled out their debit cards and went on a shopping spree.
Democracy: Is a Continent Too Big?
Is it really feasible - in systemic and foundational terms - to sustain equality, liberty, and democracy in a very large-scale, centrally governed continental system that spans almost three …
Can Corporations Be Made to Fit Democratic Theory and Vision?
Intimately related to economic inequality is the matter of time - in this case as it concerns democracy as well as liberty
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Paul Ryan and the GOP’s New “Dog Whistle Politics“
A New York Times analysis found that Obama won 46 percent of whites without a college degree who earned between $30,000 and $75,000 a year.
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An American Journey Across Expendable Communities and People
In a journey across expendable communities and people u2013 the collateral damage created by an elite oligarchical and political class u2013 Chris Hedges, along with illustrator Joe Sacco, trenchantly …
Democracy, From the Ground Up
Is it possible to have national Democracy with a Big D if you do not have real local democracy with a small d, at the level where people live, …
A Community on Overdose
During the two years Joe Sacco and I reported from the poorest pockets of the United States, areas that have been sacrificed before the altar of unfettered and unregulated …
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How Author Malcolm Gladwell Shilled for the Health Care Lobby … and Got Away With It
Gladwell has carried water for the health insurance companies in his articles, while getting paid for numerous speaking engagements to the industry.
Changing Wealth Ownership to Reduce Inequality
New proposals to broaden the ownership of wealth are increasingly commonplace - and given the growing discontent, appear all but certain to continue to grow in number and refinement.