8 hours ago by IreneFlorez

Occupy Wall Street has changed the conversation about the distribution of wealth. So what now? What policy changes and initiatives should the movement be pushing for? Economics Professor Richard Wolff has some answers.

8 hours ago by Allan Schmid

Capitalism is commonly described as the system of private ownership (often rarefied as individualistic, though in fact it is corporate and collective). Its primary character is a system wherein selected corporations are given totemic symbols in their accounts (no printing press necessary) enabling t ...

9 hours ago by Adam Nelan

I thought it would be interesting to start a discussion on the Occupy protests that have currently made themselves so prevalant. What is your view on the movement? Is capitalism the lesser of all the evils? What do you think Karl Marx would have to say about this -- and is it simply just a cry out f ...

9 hours ago by Dave Knight

Belo Monte Protest - Click to enlarge. A poderosa campanha do governo brasileiro montou para apoiar a sua determinação em construir uma mega-barragem na Amazônia é baseado em 10 mitos. É um truque para convencer os brasileiros e ao mundo que a barragem de Belo Monte é essencial para o crescimento ec ...

11 hours ago by Roomani

In this episode, Max Keiser and co-host, Stacy Herbert, discuss the latest discoveries of blackholes in the financial universe and the populations growing permanently poorer as a result. In the second half of the show, Max talks to Dr. Yanis Varoufakis about financial horror, a currency from which y ...

12 hours ago by Chris Green

Dear 99%, Let me start by saying I have no problem with protest. I have no problem with letting your government know what you're thinking but that isn't what I want to talk about. I want to talk about your message and your purpose. Let's face it, you're failing big time. The media doesn't care and t ...

14 hours ago by McCandless

Desde hará unos tres años me he comenzado a interesar más sobre el problema de la desvinculación del "ser humano" con su habitat y su pérdida de papeles en la biosfera, como si emperadores fuésemos. He leido libros sobre el A.L.F., veganismo, activismo, ... y en el camino me topé con "If A Tree Fall ...

15 hours ago by Econompic Data

via Econompic Data There seems to be lots of confusion surrounding Bill Gross’ latest Investment Outlook, Life and Death Proposition. First, some background of what Bill Gross stated… Investors aren’t only concerned with credit risk (i.e. the ability to get paid back), but also duration risk (the ri ...

16 hours ago by Nichol Caddingham

This game will change your life.

17 hours ago by Biblioklept

1. Let me point those of you who may care to my first riff on William Gaddis’s J R, which I wrote about half way into the book, and which will likely provide more context than I’m prepared to offer here. Also, there might be spoilers ahead. 2. The end of J R is heartbreaking. We find some of our pri ...