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Tag: economics
Rescue Our Democratic Society: Constitutionally Render Corporations Unequal to Humans
The argument that corporations must be treated like real people… is in my view preposterous. Corporations are legal fictions. They have no opinions of their own to contribute and no rights to participate with equal voice or vote in politics: Richard Dworkin By Ralph Nader / RalphNader.org No other institutions consistently Rule over as Much in… Read More Rescue Our Democratic Society: Constitutionally Render Corporations Unequal to Humans
George Lakey on Capitalism, public health and the Nordic model / Noam Chomsky nails the most overlooked element of the pandemic
First posted April 06, 2020 George Russell Lakey (born 2 November 1937) is an activist, sociologist, and writer who added academic underpinning to the concept of nonviolent revolution. He also refined the practice of experiential training for activists which he calls “Direct Education”. A Quaker, he has co-founded and led numerous organizations and campaigns for justice and peace.” Emergencies… Read More George Lakey on Capitalism, public health and the Nordic model / Noam Chomsky nails the most overlooked element of the pandemic
The Original Sin of Economics
By Lynn Parramore / Institute for New Economic Thinking When you think of original sin and the fall of Adam and Eve, an economics class probably isn’t the first thing that comes to mind. After all, economics is a secular discipline. Or is it? Maybe not entirely, considering that the earliest economic thinkers had religion very… Read More The Original Sin of Economics
Why only George Soros? Expose all “foreign hands
Bharat Bhushan No one can be allowed to rain on India’s parade just when Prime Minister Modi is on the cusp of being recognised as a world leader through India’s routine and rotational assumption of the G-20 presidency. Therefore, the breaking of informal red lines set for the domestic media by outsiders has to be… Read More Why only George Soros? Expose all “foreign hands
The Closing of the Cocoa Frontier
Adam Tooze This Valentines day, Americans gifted each other in the order of 58 million pounds of chocolate, much of it wrapped in 36 million heart-shaped boxes. It was a particularly busy period for the global chocolate industry, which in 2020 processed c. 5 million tons of cocoa beans into chocolate confectionary, generating around 130 billion dollars… Read More The Closing of the Cocoa Frontier
Bernie Sanders: ‘Oligarchs run Russia. But guess what? They run the US as well’
Read an extract from It’s OK to Be Angry About Capitalism by Tim Adams fter the State of the Union address at the beginning of this month, the Wall Street Journal ran an opinion piece that argued: “Joe Biden is Bernie Sanders.” By this it meant that, somehow, by stealth, under the cover of darkness, a “democratic socialist” – both words apparently… Read More Bernie Sanders: ‘Oligarchs run Russia. But guess what? They run the US as well’
Eric Toussaint: Concerning the founding of the Bretton Woods’ Institutions
First posted March 30, 2019 Series: 1944-2019, 75 years of interference from the World Bank and the IMF (Part 1) In 2019, the World Bank (WB) and the IMF will be 75 years old. These two international financial institutions (IFI), founded in 1944, are dominated by the USA and a few allied major powers who… Read More Eric Toussaint: Concerning the founding of the Bretton Woods’ Institutions
Avay Shukla: Of puppets, surrogates and the real Mccoy : a ‘crash’ course on the Indian stock market
A disclaimer is in order before I venture into the rest of this piece. These days, any hack of standing has to begin with a disclaimer to show that he is someone to be reckoned with, that his background is of interest to his readers, that he is pure as the driven snow, and that… Read More Avay Shukla: Of puppets, surrogates and the real Mccoy : a ‘crash’ course on the Indian stock market
Hindenburg alleges Gautam Adani’s brother pledged Adani Group promoter stakes for $240-mn loans from Russian bank
J Jagannath US short seller Hindenburg Research fired another salvo at Adani Group and it involves Vinod Adani, the elder brother of Gautam Adani. “Forbes is out with a major article evidencing hidden Adani promoter pledges: A private Vinod Adani-controlled Singaporean entity pledged Adani promoter stakes for $240m in loans from a Russian bank. Zero disclosure of these… Read More Hindenburg alleges Gautam Adani’s brother pledged Adani Group promoter stakes for $240-mn loans from Russian bank
After the truth-shower 