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Accomplices by Tobias Augenbraun, 3/5
Those who conform, go with the flow, and say little in opposition rise to the top. Those who are not yet sufficiently conformist are corrupted. A great deal of lobbying is carried out to bring members of parliament into line and make them vote the way they want them to. …
QUORA on tariffs
Conversation opened. 1 read message. Skip to contentUsing Gmail with screen readers 18 of 1,025 Quora on tariffs Inbox Marc Batko <marc1seed@gmail.com> 6:01 AM (6 hours ago) to me, Bill Mike Fink·Lives in Miami, Portland, Pittsburgh (1976–present)Apr 21Did Trump not have a clue that countries …
The Trump shock: How should governments respond? by Ann Pettifor, 4/23/2025
The President of the United States has set fire to the global tradingsystem and is now sitting back, seemingly calm in the face of theconflagration that has engulfed the global economy.Donald Trump’s actions show that he has not really understood how dangerous his attempt to change the world order is. …
The free market is an impossible utopia by Henry Farrell, Harvard professor, 2014
Free market doctrine aims to liberate the economy from government “interference”, but Polanyi challenges the very idea that markets and governments are separate and autonomous entities. Government action is not some kind of “interference” in the autonomous sphere of economic activity; there simply is no economy without government rules and …
Capitalism 2.0 by Georg Fulberth, 1/29/2025
It is conceivable that capitalism 2.0 will conserve natural resources more than it has done in the centuries since the First Industrial Revolution, and that patriarchy will come to an end. As long as it continues to exist, however, the following will remain, even under these changed conditions: profit maximization, …
Ralph Nader How the Media Walked us into Autocracy
How the Media Walked us into Autocracy (w/ Ralph Nader) | The Chris Hedges ReportThe Chris Hedges YouTube Channel3/20 – 57 minhttps://youtu.be/oQZuzIzY8YQ?t=29
Trump’s Inverted View of America’s Tariff History
by Michael Hudson, 4/14/2025 Without restructuring the rentier financialized economy to move it back toward the original business plan of industrial capitalism,…his program will fail to re-industrialize America. Indeed, it threatens to push the U.S. economy into depression – for 90 percent of the population, that is. Trump’s Inverted View …
Trump’s tariff spasm: a serious misunderstanding of capital interests by Franz Garnreiter, 4/11/2025
The international financial markets have already reacted: stock prices plunged worldwide, as did gas and oil prices – the latter despite an unchanged supply situation. The 15% decline within a few days indicates that the markets are expecting a decline in demand – in other words, a global recession. All …
In no man’s land by Ueli Keller, 3/14/2025
In no man’s landDemocracy is in upheaval, old certainties are dissolving, and the outlines of a new, more humane world are not yet visible. “The secret of change lies not in fighting the past, but in directing all energy towards building the new” (Socrates). Why is it that party politics …