Subjects Archives: Political Economy

  • End of Neoliberalism?  Sorry, Not Yet.

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  • Socialism Is Practical Christianity

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  • Chávez: Capitalists Have Manipulated the Message of Christ to Exploit the Poor

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  • The Global Capitalist Crisis and India: Time to Start the Discussion

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  • Greek Demo Graphics

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  • Auto Workers Told to Take Concessions, Abandon Retirees

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  • Christmas under Occupation

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  • Ron Carey: Working Class Hero

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  • The Unjustifiable Destruction of the Environment

    Can the capitalist society avoid it? News about this issue are far from encouraging. The project to be submitted for approval on December next year in Copenhagen, where the new Convention that will replace Kyoto’s will be discussed and approved, is being currently analyzed at Poznan.

  • Capitalism’s Crisis through a Marxian Lens

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  • Capitalism in Crisis

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  • Rethinking Religion and the Modern

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  • The Financial Crisis of Capitalism

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  • Employment in Free Fall, Economy Loses 533,000 Jobs

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  • Bernanke and “The Great Moderation” Four Years Later

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  • Reflections on the Global Economic Crisis and Its Likely Impact on South Africa

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  • The Great Crisis of the 1930s

    Although it may sound simple, it is a very difficult subject to explain. The U.S. Federal Reserve system, resulting from a fully developing capitalism, was established in 1913. Salvador Allende, a man we remember as someone of our times, was already 15 years old.

  • Indigenous Peoples Rising in Bolivia and Ecuador

    Introduction Indigenous peoples in Indo-Afro-Latin America, especially Bolivia and Ecuador, are rising up to take control of their own lives and act in solidarity with others to save the planet.  They are calling for new, yet ancient, practices of plurinational, participatory, and intercultural democracy.  They champion ecologically sustainable development; community-based autonomies; and solidarity with other […]

  • The Financial Crisis Hits the Immigration Debate

    Part of the right wing routinely blames undocumented immigrants for just about everything.  On September 24, nine days after the financial meltdown started in earnest, the National Review Web site carried an article by columnist and blogger Michelle Malkin blaming “illegals” for the crisis and the subsequent bailout of the banks.  “The Mother of All […]

  • Bailout Costs $8.5 Trillion: Interview with Nomi Prins

      The Real News: The 800 billion announced Tuesday and 7.76 trillion from the Bloomberg estimate add up to $8.56 trillion or $26,500 for every man, woman, or child in the United States.  We spoke to journalist and author Nomi Prins about where these trillions might come from. Nomi Prins: . . . All of […]