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Cooperative Economics: Replacing a Capitalism in Collapse
My co-op house in Madison, Wisconsin, is just one example of cooperative economics replacing the outdated corporate capitalist model.
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Inequality Alert: The Sweden Riots and What They Mean
The riots shaking Stockholm stem from many sources — including that this country has seen the biggest surge in inequality of any OECD nation in the past 15 years.
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Quantitative Crisis: Bernanke's "Stimulus" For the 1%
The Fed's stimulus policies, expressed in the form of Quantitative Easing, amount to one of the most expensive forms of corporate welfare in history.
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Revealed: The World's Richest 8% Earn Half of All Planetary Income
Global inequality is much greater than inequality within any individual country.
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Exposed: List Emerges of Politicians Paid By Monsanto, As Senate Rejects States' Rights to Label GMOs
A quarter of the U.S. Senate is on Monsanto's payroll. No wonder the legislative body voted overwhelmingly against a GMO labeling amendment.
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Visa and Mastercard Ask Federal Court to Legalize Transaction Fees
The credit card giants have sued retailers who rejected a multibillion-dollar settlement over transaction fees.
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Terracide and the Terrarists: Destroying the Planet for Record Profits
It’s time to talk bluntly about the terrarists of our world: the men who run giant energy companies like ExxonMobil, Chevron, ConocoPhillips, BP and Shell.
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What Would Happen if Everyone Actually Did Move Their Money?
What would the economy look like if big banks were disempowered?
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Exposed: Canadian Oil and Gas Workers, Many Unions, Now Oppose Keystone XL Pipeline
Amidst the ongoing jobs-vs-environment debate over the Keystone XL pipeline, one voice is noticeably absent: the bitumen workers in Canada who are largely against long-term tar sands extraction and the building of the pipeline.
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Half of America in Poverty — and It's Creeping Upward
The Census Bureau has reported that one out of six Americans lives in poverty. A shocking figure, but it's actually much, much worse.
