Category Archives: Economics

Capitalism: 2-Year-Olds Prefer It

news357.com An interesting view of capitalism, from the novel Pleading Guilty by Scott Turow (1993):  Rational self-interest is Carl’s creed. He worships at the altar of the free market. The same way Freud thought everything was sex, Pagnucci believed all social … Continue reading

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The Unspoken Reason For the Rise and Fall 0f America

A BPR Special Report By Arlen Grossman/ The Big Picture Report “At any given moment there is an orthodoxy, a body of ideas of which it is assumed that all right-thinking people will accept without question. It is not exactly … Continue reading

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Finally Taking Credit

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Read the Fine Print

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Paul Ryan’s Favorite Philosopher

12 Things You Should Know About Paul Ryan

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Democracy Power

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The Privatization of Everything

BPR Quote of the Day “The untrammeled intensification of laissez-faire capitalism and the spread of market values into all areas of life, is endangering our open and democratic society.” George Soros

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A Different Way of Living

Charles Eisenstein and the “Gift-Based” Society: To learn more: Sacred Economics

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If Only Obama Would Talk Like This….

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Family-UnFriendly

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