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We the Precariat
Here’s an observation from Lambert at Naked Capitalism that perfectly captures the precarious world that’s been created by the advance of neoliberalism. “So, Walmart spends squillions destroying public education, and then pays low wages because people can’t read or … Continue reading
Posted in neofeudalism, neoliberals
Tagged Lambert, Naked Capitalism, neofeudalism, neoliberalism, privatization, public education, Walmart
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N is for Neofeudalism
Everything that was old is new again. Take feudalism, it’s making a comeback. The US economy is trending towards wage bondage and economic polarization, with an all-American debt peonage that I’ve come to call neofeudalism. Heterodox economist Michael Hudson explains how … Continue reading
Posted in neoconservatives, neofeudalism, neoliberals
Tagged A Brief History of Neoliberalism, austerity, bankers, bankers in orange jumpsuits, banksters, bondholders, debt, debt serfdom, dystopian, financialization, J is For Junk Economics, Michael Hudson, Middle-Ages, neo-feudalism, neoliberalism, privatization, science fiction, serfs, serfs up, starving the beast
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Evil is Easy (Part 1)
Why is it that doing good is so hard while evil is easy? In my definition, doing good is cooperating with fellow citizens in a democratic manner to solve America’s numerous problems, while doing evil is playing on human … Continue reading
Posted in neoliberals
Tagged Alex Molnar, charter schools, Dismantling Public Education, divide and rule, education, evil is easy, good is hard, Naked Capitalism, neoliberal, neoliberal economic policies, neoliberalism, off-shoring, privatization, Ronald Reagan, so-called free trade, teachers, teachers unions, vouchers
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Lost In Space
It’s been a rough week for commercial space travel. First, on Tuesday an un-manned commercial supply rocket bound for the International Space Station, exploded after liftoff. The accident prompted criticism over NASA’s reliance on private corporations to launch payloads, now that … Continue reading
It’s Pee
Republican’s want to immediately privatize government. They hate the thought of the government doing anything for “those people.” Ever since the New Deal, Republicans have made the intellectual argument that a welfare state saps American’s freedoms, and have mounted a decades … Continue reading
