Is Default the Only Chance for Real Economic Reform?
Everyone is worried about the possibility of the economic system crashing. That would be understandable if this economic system was working for you, but it isn’t. The current system of predatory global capitalism is more centralized, and more serving of a particular elite, than any form of state socialism or state communism has been. The […]
Syria: Who Is In Charge, Bashar Al-Assad or Maher Al-Assad?
By Anthony Zeitouni Among all the information coming out of Syria, there are two pieces of news that can give us a clear idea about the political activities on both the government and opposition sides regarding the ongoing crisis in Syria. First, we have the two-day conference organized by the official commission for national dialogue. […]
Debt: Is America “Too Big To Fail”?
The discussion of America’s debt ceiling is the talk of the town in Washington and key international financial markets. If you still have the dubious privilege to have a credit card or a line of credit, it is likely that your respective financial institutions have considerably reduced your own “debt ceiling” since the 2008 crash. […]
Who Are the Job Creators? Not Who Boehner Would Have You Believe.
The current refrain from the Republican Party is that raising taxes on the most wealthy Americans will be hurting the ‘job creators.’ This reasoning seems to hinge on the belief that the wealthy, given money, will put it back into the economy and generate growth. This is just another rephrasing of the debunked trickle-down economic […]
Are Our Politicians Forcing a Revolution?
The only numbers that seem to matter to politicians are the corporate contributions for their endless election campaigns and the amount of salary those institutions will pay them when they pass back through the revolving door into private sector political careers such as lobbying, running PACs and Super-PACs; or using their political influence on behalf […]
