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Tag Archives: capitalism
CAPITALISM WORKS GREAT–EXCEPT WHEN IT DOESN’T
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
Posted in America, democracy, Economics, government, inequality, politics
Tagged billionaires, capitalism, corporations, democratic socialism, greed, Oped News, values
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Capitalism’s War on Socialism
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
Posted in America, foreign policy, government, politics, Uncategorized
Tagged capitalism, Libya, Nick Egnatz, OpEdNews, Russia, socialism, Venezuela
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Marx Warned Us
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
Posted in Economics, economy, government, inequality, poverty
Tagged capitalism, Jacob Bacharach, Truthdig
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Dysfunctional Economics
Posted in America, corporations, Economics, economy, government, inequality, labor, politics
Tagged capitalism, minimum wage, Nick Hanauer, socialism
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It’s Time to Give Socialism a Try
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
Posted in America, Economics, economy, government, politics
Tagged capitalism, Elizabeth Bruenig, socialism, Washington Post
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It’s Time to Give Socialism a Try
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Posted in America, Economics, economy, government, politics
Tagged capitalism, Elizabeth Bruenig, liberalism, socialism, Washington Post
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The Death Economy
Posted in Economics, economy, government, health care, inequality, politics, Republican Party
Tagged capitalism, opiods, Richard Wolff, Thom Hartmann
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Unless It Changes, Capitalism Will Starve Humanity By 2050
By Drew Hansen/ Forbes/ February 9, 2017 Capitalism has generated massive wealth for some, but it’s devastated the planet and has failed to improve human well-being at scale. • Species are going extinct at a rate 1,000 times faster than that … Continue reading
Revolt Is the Only Barrier to a Fascist America
By Chris Hedges/ Truthout/ January 22, 2017 This is a transcript of a talk Chris Hedges gave at the Inaugurate the Resistance rally in Washington, D.C., on Saturday. The ruling elites, terrified by the mobilization of the left in … Continue reading
Posted in Donald Trump, government, politics, protest, revolution
Tagged capitalism, Chris Hedges, fascism, Lewis Powell, liberal democracy, Truthout
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Capitalism: The True Cost of the Free Market
The Evidence Keeps Pouring In: Capitalism Just Isn’t Working By Paul Buchheit/ Common Dreams/ August 24, 2015 (Photo: Jonny White/cc/flickr) To followers of Ayn Rand and Ronald Reagan, and to all the business people who despise government, ‘community’ is a form … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, politics
Tagged bottled water, capitalism, charter schools, Common Dreams, global warming, health carecosts, income inequality, jobs, Paul Buchheit
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