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Capitalism
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Reading for a New Economy: Two New Books Tackle Cures for Global Crisis
Richard Wolff and Robin Hahnel promote a democratic path forward to healing the economy.
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Fiscal Cliff Follies: Political Theater Distracts From Key Problems With the Fix
Last-minute deal continues to shift costs of crisis to the masses.
Twenty-First Century Populism
The various present impediments to progressive reform are likely to foster a radicalized politics, a twenty-first century populism that promises individual fulfillment in the context of community.
Economic Update: Capitalism’s Costly Uneven Development: Detroit
Updates on politicians' big business incomes after their government jobs and the debate over social security.
State and National Innovators
Capital can and should be accumulated and managed in ways that provide individual citizens with an income stream from publicly backed investments.
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The Progressive Struggle to Save Capitalism
Proponents of simply reforming the economic system that has failed so many so miserably might as well be saying, Thank you sir, may I have another?
Paul Ryan’s Misconceived Rugged Individualism
Vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan's libertarian ideology promotes so-called individualism at the expense of most individuals.
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Living Alone: The Rise of Capitalism and the Decline of Families
For the first time since the census began counting in 1880 - more than half of American adults are single. Here's why.
Economic Update: Class Warfare
Updates on public pensions crisis and megabanks' massive failures. Interview: NYU Prof. Juan Flores on class warfare in the US. Responses to listeners on federal subsidies of big banks …
Introducing “Planet or Profit?”
The drive for profits -- no matter what the threat to the ecosystem all humanity depends upon -- is a force for global destruction.