Category Archives: Economics

21st Century Robber Barons

Posted on January 31, 2012 by Arlen Grossman

from the Southern Labor Archives at Georgia State University Read  The Party People of Wall Street by Bill Moyers and Michael Winship at billmoyers.com

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Howard Zinn on the American Empire

Posted on January 30, 2012 by Arlen Grossman

What the classroom didn’t teach me about the American Empire By Howard Zinn originally from TomDispatch.com, 2008

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How Swedes and Norwegians broke the power of the ‘1 percent’

Posted on January 29, 2012 by Arlen Grossman

by George Lakey/ Waging Nonviolence/ Jan. 25, 2012 A march in Ådalen, Sweden, in 1931. While many of us are working to ensure that the Occupy movement will have a lasting impact, it’s worthwhile to consider other countries where masses … Continue reading →

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Numbers That Count: Good News For Rich People

Posted on January 26, 2012 by Arlen Grossman

LOBBYING Thirty big corporations actually spent more money lobbying the federal government between 2008 and 2010 than they spent in taxes. Altogether, these companies spent $476 million over those three years to lobby Congress (about $400,000 per day, weekends included). PublicCampaign.org … Continue reading →

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BPR Quote of the Day: The Owners of Government

Posted on January 24, 2012 by Arlen Grossman

“The real truth of the matter is, as you and I know, that a financial element in the large centers has owned the government of the U.S. since the days of Andrew Jackson.” Franklin D. Roosevelt    

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The Earth’s “High Noon”

Posted on January 20, 2012 by Arlen Grossman

BPR Guest Blogger KEYSTONE EXTRA LARGE by Hal Ginsberg/ Dagblog.com/ Jan. 19, 2012 It’s a great life. You risk your skin catching killers and the juries turn them loose so they can come back and shoot at you again. If … Continue reading →

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If You Can’t Beat ‘Em…….

Posted on December 13, 2011 by Arlen Grossman
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At Last, a “New” Presidential Candidate Progressives Can Support (Or So We Wish)

Posted on December 7, 2011 by Arlen Grossman

A fellow claiming to be President Barack Obama spoke about the economy today in Osawatomie, Kansas.  Although this person looked like President Obama, he did not sound like the centrist President we’ve seen in office the last three years. The … Continue reading →

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BPR Quote of the Day: Lincoln’s Leftist Rhetoric

Posted on December 4, 2011 by Arlen Grossman

“Labor is prior to, and independent of, capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed if labor had not first existed. Labor is the superior of capital, and deserves much the higher consideration.” Abraham Lincoln … Continue reading →

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Time to Retake Politics From the One Percent in Both Political Parties

Posted on December 2, 2011 by Arlen Grossman

by Dean Baker/ CommonDreams.org/ Nov. 28, 2011 The country is still celebrating the inability of the supercommittee to cut Social Security and Medicare, but it is important to move on from this victory to retake control of the political debate … Continue reading →

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