The American people clearly spoke, and the drubbing Democrats received requires looking beyond just issue polls, voting patterns, campaign strategy, or get-out-the-vote tactics.
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The Crisis Next Time: Public Ownership As an Alternative to Corporate Bank Bailouts
The FIRE sector (finance, insurance and real estate) in the current corporate capitalist economy is dysfunctional and downright dangerous to the welfare of society. It's time for public ownership.
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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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The 2014 Election Never Asked What Happened to The Crimes Of Wall Street Bankers
Politicians, the products of heavy lobbying by corporations, speak from their respective party positions and the one thing they all to agree on is this: leave the banks and their dirty deeds untouched.