( Foreign Policy in Focus) – In 1972, the Club of Rome released a report called The Limits to Growth …
Source: Economic Growth is killing the Planet. How do we Engineer an Alternative?
Category: economy
GOP Accused of Plotting ‘Terrorist Attack on the Economy’
As Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen warned Friday that the United States is likely to reach its arbitrary borrowing limit next week, progressives denounced congressional Republicans for threatening to use a debt ceiling standoff to force cuts to popular federal programs including Medicare and Socia
Source: As Debt Ceiling Alarm Sounded, GOP Accused of Plotting ‘Terrorist Attack on the Economy’
The US should break up monopolies – not punish working Americans for rising prices | Robert Reich
The Fed is putting people out of work to reduce workers’ bargaining power and reduce inflation. They’ve got it all wrong
Sugar and Coca-Cola
from Citizen Coke: The Making of Coca-Cola Capitalism by Bartow J. Elmore. As it grew to be a national and international company, Coke’s future solvency was contingent upon the perpetuation of cheap sugar production:
Can global capitalism endure?
Can global capitalism endure? William Robinson tries to answer this question in his book entitled with the same question. Robinson is professor of sociology at the University of California, Santa …
Source: Can global capitalism endure? – Michael Roberts Blog
A Note of Apology to This Nation’s Younger Generations: We Failed You | Thom Hartmann
Millennials today hold only 4.6% of the nation’s wealth and, along with Zoomers, struggle to own a home and are deeply in debt. What happened? In a word, Republicans…
Source: Opinion | A Note of Apology to This Nation’s Younger Generations: We Failed You | Thom Hartmann
Winter Is Coming: A Recession Created by the Fed’s Disdain for Workers
The so-called “independence” of central banks is much more about its freedom from democratic rule than its neutrality between capital and labor.
Source: Opinion | Winter Is Coming: A Recession Created by the Fed’s Disdain for Workers | Dante Dallavalle
1848+: The End(s) of History 