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Corporate State
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Global Power Project: Bilderberg Group and the Central Bankers
Here we provide a glimpse into the decisions and actions taken by some of the top European technocrats responsible for managing the debt crisis – and the adamantly pro-market ideologies they advocated.
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The Road to Serfdom, Part III
To understand what made the bubble economy’s credit wave possible, it is necessary to understand how the international financial system was transformed in 1971 when overseas military spending forced the U.S. dollar off gold.
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People Vs. Fast Track: Time To Stop the Biggest Corporate Coup Of Our Generation
Transnational corporations are pushing 12 governments to approve an omnibus package of corporate dream policies on energy, finance, intellectual property, agriculture, and more – disguised as a trade deal called TPP.
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The Road to Serfdom, Part II
Today’s financial power to set tax policy, make and enforce the law, and disable public regulation reflects the weakness of industrial capitalism in the face of the vested interests that have fought progressive reform since the 1870's.
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How Congress Plans To Kill Dodd-Frank And Keep Wall Street Unregulated
Eager to relax the nation’s already accommodating financial regulations, lawmakers have a clear plan: seize on complex and esoteric financial activities that few understand, then make tweaks to regulations which wind up gutting them.
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The Road to Serfdom, Part I
This is not what was envisioned at the peak of the Industrial Revolution.
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The Prison State of America
Prisons are prototypes for the future – where a million prisoners who currently work for corporations and government industries are models for what the corporate state expects us all to become
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A Crude Bet: Is the U.S. Foreign Policy Establishment Risking the Farm on Oil Deflation?
Lowering oil costs is a brilliant strategic move in terms of punishing official enemies – but when you factor in the damage it could cause to the financial system, it's a little like shooting yourself in the face to remove a wart from your nose.
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10 Ways to Combat Upward Redistribution of Income in 2015
Here are 10 ways in which we should be looking to change the structure of the market in 2015 so that all the money doesn't flow to the 1 percent.
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Why the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement Is a Pending Disaster
The TPP is a Trojan horse in a global race to the bottom, giving big corporations and Wall Street banks a way to eliminate any and all laws and regulations that get in the way of their profits.
