Discovering Debt
By Greg Godels August 13, 2019 By many measures, the US media– television, the...
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Category: Political Economy
The Amazon Robbery
By Margaret Kimberley November 21, 2018 The world’s richest man just pulled a con job on several...
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Global Military Spending at $1.7 trillion — SIPRI
By the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute Total world military expenditure...
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New NAFTA Deal Tightens the Corporate Handcuffs on Working People
By the CP Canada October 9, 2018 The NAFTA-USMCA agreement announced by the US and Canada has...
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War Spending’s Share of US Federal Budget Growing Again
Animation by Will Geary September 2018 Not only is US military spending breaking records in...
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The United States of Arms
By Will Geary July 2018 The US is the world’s largest weapons exporter. President Trump...
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Nationalizing the Banks is a Popular Demand, So Let’s Demand It
By Glen Ford June 6, 2018 The following is an edited version of remarks Black Agenda Report...
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Is There Really a Petty Bourgeoisie?
By Zoltan Zigedy July 5, 2016 As a tool of social analysis, the concept of class fell into...
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Stirring the Energy Pot
By Greg Godels April 6, 2018 Since February 2017, I have written frequently about changes in the...
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Economic Nationalism: What it Means
By Greg Godels December 28, 2017 In the throes of the 2007-2008 economic collapse, I projected...
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A Nobel Prize for a Return to Reality?
October 25, 2017 By Zoltan Zigedy (Greg Godels) University of Chicago professor Richard...
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Three Richest Americans Now Own More Wealth Than Bottom Half of US Combined
November 8, 2017 By Jake Johnson, staff write Common Dreams”The elite ranks of...
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Trade, Trump, and Us
Editors’ note: We hope this opinion piece submitted by frequent contributor Charles Andrews...
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The Politics of Oil
By Zoltan ZigedyFebruary 6, 2017 Since the military build-up leading to the First World War,...
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U.S. Defense Contractors Tell Investors Russian Threat Is Great for Business
By Lee Fang The Intercept (Brazil) Aug 19, 2016...
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Searching for the White Working Class
By Zoltan Zigedy August 4, 2016 The Wall Street Journal calls them the “forgotten...
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Capitalism and the Jobs Crisis: Charles Andrews’ The Hollow Colossus
By Allan Miller April 25, 2016 Charles Andrews’ latest book, The Hollow Colossus (Needle...
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Why the Trans-Pacific Partnership Equals a U.S. Aircraft Carrier
October 17, 2015By Stephen Gowans What’s LeftThe U.S. political elite is never entirely...
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