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How Free Markets Damage People and Planet
“Markets without restrictions are like cars without brakes,” writes Dr. Ha-Joon Chang of Cambridge. “They’re bound to keep crashing.” Continue reading
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Tagged economics, environment, freedom, labor, neoliberalism, politics
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Cruelty Vs. Caring in America
Many Americans consider hard-heartedness a virtue. They call making people suffer, ‘promoting individual responsibility’ and have managed to create a society of widespread misery in the midst of affluence. Millions of Americans don’t go along with the cult of cruelty, though. They are fighting for a society based on caring, Continue reading
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Tagged economics, homelessness, hunger, incarceration, sanctions, war
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Beyond Gratitude
Sometimes a feeling comes
Beyond gratitude. Blown away
Overwhelmed by the bounty I’ve been given
Without guilt for those who do not have
In delight, like a saint on the street Continue reading
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Alabama Amazon Workers Could Arrest America’s Slide
Unions mostly collapsed because large factories disappeared. Without large workplaces in which workers can associate, and without the power to shut down production with strikes, labor has a much harder time organizing. We are all living harder lives as a result. Now in Bessemer, Alabama, over 5,000 mostly Black workers at an Amazon warehouse may reverse that downward slide. Continue reading
Don’t Dismiss Trump Voters
“We must grasp that our enemy is not someone who is politically incorrect, even racist, but the corporations and a failed political and judicial system that sacrifices people, as well as the planet, on the altar of profit.” Chris Hedges Continue reading
Capitalism: The Opposite of Free Markets
Conservatives believe the United States is a capitalist country, and they like it that way. They say government should stay out of people’s business, so free markets can create the best possible society. Anyone who advocates that government do more … Continue reading
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Tagged corporate welfare, corruption, economics, real estate, stocks
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How One Good Deed Led To Six More
“There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.” Edith Wharton Continue reading
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Tagged homelessness, sharing, storytelling
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5 Reasons to Disarm the Police
Police should not be armed except for very special assignments. Everyone will be safer, including the cops, when they shift from trying to dominate and threaten to working with the community they serve. Police are too traumatized, and trained to valued property over people, and control over service. Disarming will be a valuable first step toward healing. Continue reading
Yes, We Can Afford Nice Things
The federal government can no more run out of money than the Google Play Store can run out off apps.
Inflation is not a threat to anyone but credit card companies and banks. Continue reading
7 Reasons the US Can’t Deal With COVID-19
Isn’t this the same dynamic we have seen with the failure to address homelessness, gun violence, or climate change? If a problem is complicated and difficult, we don’t even try. Continue reading
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Tagged Coronavirus, economics, homelessness, media, politics
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