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Economy & Labor
Antony Loewenstein on Disaster Capitalism
Antony Loewenstein discusses his current film project, "Disaster Capitalism."
Economic Update: Economic Crisis, Fascism and History
This episode discusses inequality in India, and more.
The Effects of Government-Issued Money: Road to Hyperinflation or Cure for Debt Deflation?
Critics may disapprove of the helicopter money option, but the market evidently approves.
Can Industrial Hemp Save Kentucky’s Small Farms?
As tobacco declines, some hope that hemp can be a "gateway crop" to financial sustainability.
Who Plans the Economy? Imagining Fair and Free Trade
We need new trade and investment rules that shift control from the plutocratic private owner to the democratic public.
Uninvited to the Party: Laura Flanders at the Republican National Convention
Mainstream media were all over the Republican National Convention — but what didn't they show you?
Is the Trans-Pacific Partnership President Obama’s Vietnam?
"Credibility" is an ill-defined goal, and the quest for it can have very bad outcomes, as we saw in Vietnam.
We Must Reject Economic Cannibalism
We must move away from the current cannibalizing global economy towards a regenerative one or face extinction.
Fighting for Seats at the Table: A Poor People’s Movement in a Rustbelt Town
The Newark Think Tank on Poverty is recreating democracy to help the poor take charge of their lives.
Trump’s New Super PAC Attack Dog
Top donor of the PAC Rebuilding America Now is developer Geoffrey Palmer.