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Recovered Economic History: “Everyone but an Idiot Knows That the Lower Classes Must Be Kept Poor, or They Will Never Be Industrious“
“…everyone but an idiot knows that the lower classes must be kept poor, or they will never be industrious.” —Arthur Young; 1771 Our popular economic wisdom says that capitalism …
Self-Dealing and the War Service Industry, Part III: The Payoff
In this third installment of our series, we will go back and find out where their fellow government protagonists went after shamelessly helping KBR to the detriment of the …
Rich Countries Seek to Block UN From Working on Global Finance Reforms
An important fight between rich countries and developing countries over the question of UN involvement in researching and advocating for a new global financial architecture has spilled into the …
How the War on Women Became Mainstream
In February 2012 the state of Texas decided to cut off reproductive and preventative health services to 130,000 low-income women. The staggering move caps what has been an escalating …
Behind Closed Doors, Broadcasters Battle Online Disclosure of Political Ad Buys
The Federal Communications Commission is scheduled to vote April 27 on whether to require TV stations to post online public information about political ad buys. Some form of the …
Occupy the Courts: Corporate Personhood Reconsidered
Truthout combats corporatization by bringing you trustworthy news: click here to join the effort. The Occupy movement was widely lampooned by critics for failing to bring forward a coherent …
How the Goldman Vampire Squid Just Captured Europe
(Photo: Jose Martins / Flickr) The Goldman Sachs coup that failed in America has nearly succeeded in Europe - a permanent, irrevocable, unchallengeable bailout for the banks underwritten by …
Thinking About Mitt Romney and Seamus, Michael Vick and Dog Fighting, and Eating Animals
Don't Worry About Obama; Worry about Seamus Mitt Romney, the presumptive Republican nominee for president, has got more to worry about than a lack of enthusiasm for his candidacy. …
Taking Uncle Sam for a Ride: How Pakistan Makes Washington Pay for the Afghan War
The following ingredients should go a long way to produce a political thriller. Mr. M, a jihadist in an Asian state, has emerged as the mastermind of a terrorist …
What the Laws of War Allow: Do the WikiLeaks War Logs Reveal War Crimes – or the Poverty of International Law?
Anyone who would like to witness a vivid example of modern warfare that adheres to the laws of war — that corpus of regulations developed painstakingly over centuries by …