Clinton and Associates’ Education Ponzi Scheme
“Let me tell you about the very rich. They are different from you and me.” F. Scott Fitzgerald Education is the latest public commons that is being turned into a commodity by a group of the world’s arrivistes, including Douglas Becker, Donald Trump, and Bill and Hillary Clinton. Money brings, in those who obsessively accumulate […]
The Oil Cold War: An Attack on Russia, Iran, Venezuela and the Environment
Prices of gas at the pumps in the United States have declined by a remarkable 42 percent since August 2014. This acute drop in gasoline prices is, of course, the consequence of a crash in the value of crude oil traded on the global market. Specifically, in early August 2014, crude oil was trading on […]
Sustainable Ways to Feed the World Are Subverted by Corporations
Humans’ relationship to food is one of the most fundamentally shaping aspects of our societies. The sole fact that the majority of the world’s population now lives in urban centers is the direct result of a process that began approximately 10,000 years ago. This process was the switch from nomadic hunting-gathering societies to urban sedentary […]
Fox in the Chicken Coop: Outsourcing Customs Tax Collection in Haiti and Elsewhere
Haitian President Michel Martelly, along with dozens of cabinet ministers and members of the private business sector, went on a European tour from October 27 to November 2, 2014, to promote the notion that Haiti is “open for business” with Europe. We are beginning to get a glimpse of the kind of business they had […]