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Capitalism
The COVID-19 Pandemic Is a Crisis of Capitalism
COVID-19 is another blow to the house of cards that is the existence of the marginalized.
Senators Cash In on COVID-19 as a Plundered Nation Reels
The pursuit of profit and growth is the ethos of the virus that has attacked us.
Dem Voters in Texas and California View Socialism More Favorably Than Capitalism
The same survey showed Sen. Bernie Sanders leading the presidential primary field in both Texas and California.
Antipathy Towards Socialism Has Roots in State and Corporate Cold War Propaganda
In 1942, the U.S. created a war propaganda unit called the Ad Council to link American identity with capitalism.
Will Climate Change Provoke a Widespread Revival of Socialism?
The fate of our species and the planet demands no less.
It’s Time to Shorten the American Workweek
A shorter workweek requires a radical reimagining of how we conceive of work.
Echoes of Occupy Wall Street Are Reverberating Through the Iowa Caucus
Nearly a decade after Occupy Wall Street, more people than ever are naming capitalism as the enemy.
Is the New James Bond Film Just More Neoliberal Hype?
James Bond ultimately serves the interests of that small, real-life group of people he pretends to want to vanquish.
How Economists Tricked Us Into Thinking Capitalism Works
Our species has survived through caring and sharing, not competing in markets as economists claim.
A Growing Movement Shows There Is an Alternative to Capitalism
There is literally a new economy being born, and we have decades of history proving the efficacy of these models.