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Why We Can’t Take Care of Our People

Posted on August 14, 2018 by

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Why Wages Are Going Nowhere

Posted on August 5, 2018 by

  Why Do 80% of Americans Say They Are Living Paycheck to Paycheck? By Robert Reich/ RobertReich.org/ July 30, 2018 The official rate of unemployment in America has plunged to a remarkably low 3.8%. The Federal Reserve forecasts that the … Continue reading →

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How Central Banks Rule the World

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Dysfunctional Economics

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THE COMING COLLAPSE

Posted on May 20, 2018 by

By Chris Hedges/ Truthdig/ May 21, 2018 Donald Trump is the result of a long process of political, cultural and social decay. He is a product of our failed democracy. The longer we perpetuate the fiction that we live in … Continue reading →

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IGNORANCE ISN’T BLISS

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The corporate media ignores the rise of oligarchy. The rest of us shouldn’t By Bernie Sanders/ The Guardian/ March 16, 2018 The rapid rise of oligarchy and wealth and income inequality is the great moral, economic, and political issue of … Continue reading →

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It’s Time to Give Socialism a Try

Posted on March 8, 2018 by

By Elizabeth Bruenig/ Washington Post/ March 6, 2017   In the United States, we’ve arrived at a pair of mutually exclusive convictions: that liberal, capitalist democracies are guaranteed by their nature to succeed and that in our Trumpist moment they … Continue reading →

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It’s Time to Give Socialism a Try

Posted on March 7, 2018 by

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The Triumph of the Oligarchy

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By Robert Reich/ robertreich.org/ December 17, 2017 By passing the tax plan, Republican donors will save billions — paying a lower top tax rate, doubling the amount their heirs can receive tax-free, and treating themselves as “pass-through” businesses able to … Continue reading →

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