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Capitalism
Capitalism Produced Trump: Another Reason to Move Beyond It
To prevent the continuous ascension of politicians like Trump, we must be open to creating alternative systems.
Economic Update: Capitalism in Trouble
This week's discusses major troubles such as Brexit and Trump, the student debt penalty and much more.
Why Socialist Job Guarantees Are Better Than Universal Basic Income
Self-managed job guarantee programs empower workers, raise wages and can free labor from Wall Street control.
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How Scholarship Websites Sell Students’ Information to Colleges and Publishers
The tradeoff, companies say? Those students could win money to pay for college.
Economic Update: Capitalism and Democracy
This week's episode discusses Puerto Rico, slave labor in the cocoa fields, worsening UK inequality and more.
To Stand With Palau, We Must Stand Against Capitalism
Perhaps the ocean, in its immensity and its intimacy, its vast and delicate diversity, can awaken us, when appeals to lower carbon emissions have not.
Radicalizing the Resistance in the Age of Trump
Can the left seize this moment of widespread resistance and guide it towards real social transformation?
Globalization Is Just a Contemporary Word for Financial Colonialism
Much of our GDP is parasitic and exploitative, generated by low-wage labor in poor countries, says John Smith.
Economic Update: Questions About Capitalism
This week's episode discusses the Caterpillar equipment company's tax evasion, Obamacare, the labor conditions for immigrant workers and more.
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Mass Industrial Slaughter Is a Legacy of Exploitative Global Manufacturing
The collapse of Rana Plaza not only shone a light on the extreme exploitation of Bangladeshi workers, it also revealed the hidden structure of the global capitalist economy.