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Economic Update: Capitalism’s Social Costs
Updates on Obamacare's

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“Pure” Capitalism Is Pure Fantasy
Call it “crony, gangster, casino” or “monopoly” capitalism, its supposedly objectionable features - big government, monopolies, the Federal Reserve, welfare, taxation and labor unions - are intrinsic to any …

Welcome to the (Don’t Be) Evil Empire: Google Eats the World
Finally, journalists have started criticizing in earnest the leviathans of Silicon Valley, notably Google, now the worldu2019s third-largest company in market value.

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Sweatshops Don’t Just Happen – They’re a Policy
It's neoliberal policies, not consumers, which make the sweatshop economy possible.

Speed, Power and the Physics of Finance Capitalism
High frequency trading utilizes new technologies to create an economy of speed that employs mathematics and physics to generate global markets that are neither transparent nor able to be …

Economic Update: Economic Realities
Updates on G8 and Bernanke

Economic Update: Capitalism and Democracy
Updates on pay gaps, Alabama bankruptcy, Minnesota lockout, Greek lockout. Discussions of capitalism and democracy,

Capitalism in Crisis: Our Opportunity for a New System
As the Big Finance capitalism and fossil fuel systems fail and resources become ever scarcer, we will be forced to change our way of life. People are already designing …

Iran’s New President a Regime Insider – Wide Mandate for More Civil Liberties
Hamid Dabashi: President-elect Hassan Rohani will not change Iran's Neo-liberal capitalism but may be inspired by popular support for more political rights and nuclear transparency

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Society of Addiction: Capitalism, Dopamine and the Consumer Junkie
Are we capitalism junkies?