Capitalism
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Part 2: 23 Things They Don’t Tell you About Capitalism
Ha-Joon Chang: Companies should not be run in the interest of their owners Continue reading
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‘Capitalism at fault for global crisis’ — Ha-Joon Chang
Is capitalism to blame for the rise in unrest and the fall of global markets? One scholar argued yes, saying it is merely how capitalism works. Continue reading
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Part 1: Max Keiser & David DeGraw: Decentralized global rebellion against neoliberal economic policies
12 March 2011 — Max Keiser & David DeGraw: Decentralized global rebellion against neoliberal economic policies: Part 1: Part 1: Max Keiser & David DeGraw: Decentralize… Follow my videos on vodpod Continue reading
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The Ten Reasons The Banksters Get Away With It By Danny Schechter
There is no doubt that Administration policy gave crooks great latitude, as financial journalist Yves Smith explains, “The overly generous terms of the TARP, and the failure of Team Obama to force management changes on the industry in early 2009 was a fatal error. It has embedded and emboldened a deeply corrupt plutocracy.” Continue reading
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Media Lens: Comment Is Free But Freedom Is Slavery – An Exchange With The Guardian’s Economics Editor
In the dark days before Media Lens existed, and before Guardian editor Alan Rusbridger stopped responding to our emails, he actually granted us the courtesy of a chat by telephone. The interview was notable for its long gaps, its ums and ahs, as Rusbridger responded amiably to our questions about the news propaganda role of… Continue reading
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Reagan Made S&L Crisis Vastly Worse
William K. Black: Reagan obstructed prosecutions against a wave of fraud Continue reading
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Reaganomics Sucked Wealth Up, Did Not Trickle It Down
Michael Hudson on Reagan Centennial: Creating an economy for predators is not respect for a “free market” Continue reading
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Are We Heading for an Italian Moment? By Dan Hind
We have here a wide-ranging and exhaustively documented conspiracy that seems to embrace elements from the main political parties and the police as well as large transnational corporations. Police officers have recently taken to spraying CS gas in the faces of UK Uncut protesters. Continue reading
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Inquiry Doesn’t Call Crisis Systemic Fraud
Michael Hudson: Financial Crisis Inquiry Report fails to call for criminal prosecutions against Wall Street Continue reading
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The Crisis of Civilization – Trailer
The Crisis of Civilization is a documentary feature film investigating how global crises like ecological disaster, financial meltdown, dwindling oil reserves, terrorism and food shortages are converging symptoms of a single, failed global system. Continue reading
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The Spectre Haunting Europe: Debt Defaults, Austerity, and Death of the “Social Europe” Model By Prof Michael Hudson and Prof. Jeffrey Sommers
Only a year ago it was recognized that decades of neoliberalism had crashed the U.S. and several European economies. Years of deregulation, speculation and lack of investment in the real economy had left them with rising inequality and little consumer demand, except for what was financed by running up debt. But the financial press and… Continue reading
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What Does WikiLeaks Have on Bank of America? By Mary Bottari
Before the big banks start calling for Assange’s internment at Guantanamo, the question worth considering is what does Wikileaks have on America’s largest bank? Continue reading
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Emerging Powers: Allies or Rivals?
Part of the “Global Crisis and Hegemonic Dilemmas” conference. Continue reading
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Coup d’état – The Historical Framework of Globalization By Dr. James Polk
Our era is largely defined by two highly interlinked concepts: globalization and the so-called “war on terrorism.” As geopolitical-economic operatives, both concepts complement each other as significant means to specific ends; both shape important aspects of our daily lives and determine form and content of much that passes for public discourse. Continue reading
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The Anti-Empire Report By William Blum: Wikileaks, the United States, Sweden, and Devil's Island By William Blum
… I’m standing in the snow in front of the White House … Standing with Veterans for Peace … I’m only a veteran of standing in front of the White House; the first time was February 1965, handing out flyers against the war in Vietnam. I was working for the State Department at the time… Continue reading
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Empire – Hollywood: The Pentagon calls the shots
Al Jazeera: Is it a case of art imitating life, or a sinister force using art to influence life and death? Continue reading
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Europe in the World by Navid Kermani
Navid Kermani: Europe is in fact cementing its ideological borders. . . . Radical openness is an essential feature of the European project. . . . You can’t draw the borders of Europe just as you would draw the borders of a country. Europe isn’t a country — it is an idea. . . .… Continue reading
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Zinn on class in America
Howard Zinn Pt1: In the United States we are brought up to think there’s only one class. Continue reading
The New Dark Age 