Category Archives: Economics

Some Things Never Change #2

Posted on December 2, 2012 by Arlen Grossman

BPR Quote of the Day: From Taoism Facebook page: “Amazing how this contemporary cartoon matches so well with a text from 500BCE.” The Tao Te Ching is a classic Chinese text from the 6th Century BC.

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Tax the Rich

Posted on December 1, 2012 by Arlen Grossman

An animated video, narrated by Ed Asner, from the California Federation of Teachers

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Some Things Never Change #1

Posted on November 30, 2012 by Arlen Grossman

BPR Quote of the Day: Enjoy Quotes? Check Out the BPR Editor’s QUOTATIONQUOTIENT.COM

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Divided Economy

Posted on November 21, 2012 by Arlen Grossman

                                                    Why Economic Demand Is Weak and Americans Worry:             … Continue reading →

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WE’VE REACHED STAGE 4, AND IT’S TERMINAL

Posted on November 21, 2012 by Arlen Grossman

How America Is Turning into a 3rd World Nation in 4 Easy Steps It starts with destroying our manufacturing base. By Thom Hartmann/Alternet/ November 10, 2012 New reports that Taiwanese transnational manufacturing corporation Foxconn may be opening up some plants … Continue reading →

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Organized Greed

Posted on November 13, 2012 by Arlen Grossman

BPR Quote of the Day: “In a society governed passively by free markets and free elections, organized greed always defeats disorganized democracy.” Matt Taibbi

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How Occupy Wall Street Helped Obama Win

Posted on November 13, 2012 by Arlen Grossman

By Arlen Grossman/ The Big Picture Report There were a variety of factors that led to the re-election of President Barack Obama. One surely to be overlooked is the role of Occupy Wall Street in that decisive victory. Flash back … Continue reading →

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Election Postmortem

Posted on November 7, 2012 by Arlen Grossman

By Arlen Grossman/ The Big Picture Report Some random thoughts that filtered through my mind after the Tuesday election….. I’m happy, but not excited.  We’ll now have a moderate Democratic president, a Democratic majority in the Senate, and the Republicans … Continue reading →

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Circle Jerks

Posted on November 6, 2012 by Arlen Grossman
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RFK Jr: Democracy Under Assault

Posted on November 2, 2012 by Arlen Grossman

BPR Quote of the Day: “American democracy is under assault….. The senators and congressmen (the Super PACS) fund and elect are not representing the United States—they are representing Koch and its oil industry cronies, Big Pharma, and the Wall Street banksters … Continue reading →

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