Truthout
Capitalism
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How the Big Cell Phone Companies Are Getting Away with Ripping You Off Each Month
Until we get serious about taking on oligopolies, consumers have little power.
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Economic Prosperity and Economic Democracy: The Worker Co-Op Solution
Workers' self-directed enterprises (WSDEs) are a response to capitalism's failure to deliver economic prosperity and socialisms' failure to deliver economic democracy.
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Flashing Too Little Editorial Integrity
Advertisers are pushing news sites not to be too explicit about distinguishing between genuine news items and ad hustles.
Green Capitalism: The God That Failed
No amount of “green” capitalism will ensure the profound changes we must make to prevent the catastrophic impacts of global warming.
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Senior Gambling Addiction Rates Are Soaring in America, Driven by Corporate Greed and Bad Government Policy
America's elderly are secretly spinning out of control.
India Is a Dystopia of Extremes, but Resistance Is Stirring
In the face of these dangers, the great popular resistance that gave India its independence is stirring.
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Capitalism in Crisis: Who Are the Real “Takers”?
Though the American population clearly feels and is forced to deal with the ramifications of this failing system, it's highly unlikely that capitalism will be dismantled in favor of …
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Chris Hedges | Overthrow the Speculators
Chris Hedges: Today's speculators have created grotesque financial mechanisms, from usurious interest rates on loans to legalized accounting fraud, to plunge the masses into crippling forms of debt peonage.
Capitalism, Ecology and the Official Invisibility of Women
Accounting for the costs to society of environmental degradation is important, but it's also vital to account for women's under-compensated labor in a serious challenge to capitalism's profitability.
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Holiday Greeting: No Peace Without Justice
There can be no peace without justice. At least five areas of blatant injustice warrant the urgent attention of people of good will: poverty wages, immigrant detention, harsh sentencing, …