Truthout
Economy
Economic Update: The Complexities of Capitalist “Success”
Richard Wolff interviews Max Fraad-Wolff on Apple Corp's mixed picture as capitalist
|
Can the Black Middle Class Survive: Obama Is in the Oval Office but the Black Bourgeoisie is Foundering
In 2008 Obama was elected president on the promise of hope and change. Four years later, the black middle class is still struggling in this economy looking for a …
Will Global Financialization and the Eurozone Debt Crisis Defeat European Cosmopolitan Democracy?
The EU has the potential to evolve from a collective of nation-states into something much greater, but the current austerity policies are moving it in the other direction.
Who Owns Detroit?
We Detroiters are now entering a period of turmoil that is quite different in character from the devastation of the last 40 years. The crisis we find ourselves in …
|
Addressing the Food Crisis: Let’s Get Our Facts Straight
While a recent Guardian article get some facts correct about the current global food crisis, its solutions are slightly off the mark.
|
End of Summer News Puts Nuclear Renaissance on Permanent Vacation
“There is no nuclear renaissance,” says writer Gregg Levine. With a new decision shutting down the construction of a nuclear reactor in Maryland, America needs start thinking beyond nuclear …
Film “Won’t Back Down” Models Hollywood Propaganda in Age of School Reform
Hollywood is jumping aboard the PR train to push privatized education just as it did to popularize both World Wars - only this time, entrepreneurs are joining the government …
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Are Republicans Trying to Redefine Labor Day?
The Democratic National Convention kicks off this week in Charlotte, North Carolina, Hacktivists working within the group
|
The Week of Living Dangerously
William Rivers Pitt: If you happened to wonder why nothing under my name appeared in print during the long debacle that was the Republican National Convention, the reason is …
Romney’s Success at Bain Capital: The Scam as Business Model
Bain Capital is not about producing wealth, but rather about siphoning off wealth that was produced elsewhere in the economy.