Tag Archives: capitalism

The Billionaire Coup is Almost Complete and No One Stopped It — Can We Return to Democracy?

Posted on February 5, 2025 by Arlen Grossman

How America’s ultra-rich dismantled democracy, one Supreme Court ruling at a time… By Thom Hartmann/ The Hartmann Report/ February 5, 2025 There is one thread that ties together Trump’s destruction of American government agencies, his offer to take the Gaza … Continue reading →

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The outrage economy: Why social media makes everything worse

Posted on July 16, 2023 by Arlen Grossman

By Mark Sumner/ Daily Kos/ July 15, 2023 Right now, with millions of people busily shifting their alliance from the online home of of one egotistical, unchecked billionaire to that of the otheregotistical, unchecked billionaire, there seems to be hope that … Continue reading →

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Change is Coming

Posted on February 28, 2020 by Arlen Grossman

Neoliberalism Has Radicalized a Whole Generation By Conor Lynch/ Truthdig/ February 26, 2020 When the conversation veered toward “capitalism” and “socialism” at last week’s Democratic presidential debate in Las Vegas, the preeminent capitalist on the stage, Michael Bloomberg, could hardly … Continue reading →

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Global Capitalism Is Theft

Posted on February 2, 2020 by Arlen Grossman

Government Debts as Class Swindles By Richard Wolff/ Common Dreams/ January 31, 2020 In modern capitalism, governments routinely borrow money. They do this to finance budget deficits that occur when governments raise less in taxes than they spend. Governments also … Continue reading →

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CAPITALISM WORKS GREAT–EXCEPT WHEN IT DOESN’T

Posted on October 5, 2019 by Arlen Grossman

By Arlen Grossman Published at OpEd News, October 5, 2019   Democracy, if we ever truly had it, is rapidly disappearing in America today. If most people want background checks for guns, universal health care, a higher minimum wage, action … Continue reading →

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Capitalism’s War on Socialism

Posted on April 2, 2019 by Arlen Grossman

TBPR Editor’s Note: I am unclear as to why Egnatz doesn’t consider the Scandinavian countries as successful socialist countries. By Nick Egnatz/ OpEdNews/ April 2,2019 Successful socialist countries do not exist for the simple reason that capitalism has waged war … Continue reading →

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Marx Warned Us

Posted on September 1, 2018 by Arlen Grossman

Capitalism Is Beyond Saving, and America Is Living Proof By Jacob Bacharach/ Truthdig/ August 31, 2018     Policies that fail in the same way over and over are not failing. Someone is lying about their intent. The drug war … Continue reading →

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Dysfunctional Economics

Posted on June 10, 2018 by Arlen Grossman

 

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It’s Time to Give Socialism a Try

Posted on March 8, 2018 by Arlen Grossman

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 Arlen Grossman

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