Global Revolution: Can We Take Money Out of the Social Equation?
Our neo-liberal capitalist world order is crumbling. Massive popular protests have erupted in the past few weeks in Greece, Spain, Portugal, Haiti and France. The current system has made money and financial considerations at the core of everything. People are valued for their assets or net worth, not for what they are as human beings. […]
Global War Economy: The Empire of the US Military Industrial Complex
Arguably, since entering World War II, the United States of America’s economy has been a war economy. Starting or fostering wars became essentially, independently of geopolitical reasons, a “good” business proposition. The early 1940s marked the start of the era of systematic wars for profit: war defined as the ultimate capitalist enterprise. The extraordinary war […]
Africa: An Ethical and Sustainable US Business Venture in Ghana
Ghana- known 55 year ago as The Gold Coast- gained its independence from the United Kingdom in 1957. By doing so, it became the first African nation to free itself from British, French, Portuguese or Belgium colonial rulers. Even so Ghana has recently become politically more stable than most countries in sub-Saharan Africa, Ghana’s economy […]
French Elections: Socialists Win Absolute Majority on Tax-and-Spend Agenda
In France’s parliamentary elections on Sunday, the Socialists won an absolute majority. They obtained 314 seats in the 577 seat National Assembly. This clear victory will allow newly elected President Hollande to efficiently push his tax-and-spend agenda to deal with Europe’s faltering economy and growing debt crisis. The Socialists-because of today’s victory- will not need […]
SOPA: A Pox on Both Houses
By Ron Steinman The earlier fuss over SOPA, the “Stop Online Piracy Act,” is now mostly quiet. Each side in this epic battle of who controls the Internet is rethinking its strategy. Lobbyists are garnering big fees as they freely give advice on what they believe will be a winning scheme. The story is off […]
