Category Archives: CAPITALISM

The Simpsons, Banksy, and Sweatshop toys

Was it Groucho or Harpo who said the last capitalist will sell you the rope you will hang him with?

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Massive Investigation Into Deceptive Foreclosure Practices

by Shahien Nasiripour Huffington Post Lawyers Peter Ticktin, left, and Josh Bleil, right, are shown with depositions from 150 robo-signers, alleging that the court documents reveal an industry-wide banking scheme to defraud homeowners, in Deerfield Beach, Fla. Tuesday, Oct. 12, … Continue reading →

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Fat Race: Last year’s jeans won’t fit? Blame the free market.

BY JOSHUA E. KEATING Foreign Policy Along with iPods and Hollywood blockbusters, another American trend is sweeping the world: corpulence. As countries grow wealthier, they’re also growing fatter. In China, the obesity rate is increasing by about 40 percent every … Continue reading →

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Banksy Creates Dark Opening For ‘The Simpsons’

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The Secret Big-Money Takeover of America

By Robert Reich Huffington Post Not only is income and wealth in America more concentrated in fewer hands than it’s been in 80 years, but those hands are buying our democracy as never before — and they’re doing it behind … Continue reading →

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Cerdos Enfurecidos Bailando

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Corporate money, the Chamber of Commerce, and Democracy

Campaign Cash: The Independent Fundraising Gold Rush Since ‘Citizens United Ruling’ By Peter H. Stone | October 04, 2010 | The Center for Public Integrity For many powerful GOP operatives and allied fundraisers, the luncheon last April felt like one … Continue reading →

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More Tales of A Bankrupt Culture: Because of Unpaid Fee, Firefighters Let Home Burn

msnbc.com Firefighters in rural Tennessee let a home burn to the ground last week because the homeowner hadn’t paid a $75 fee. Gene Cranick of Obion County and his family lost all of their possessions in the Sept. 29 fire, … Continue reading →

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Tales of A Bankrupt Culture

By DAVID CARR THE NEW YORK TIMES THE TAKEOVER In Chicago on Dec. 20, 2007, Sam Zell discussed his purchase of the Tribune Company. David Hiller of The Los Angeles Times, left; Randy Michaels, a newly appointed corporate chief; and … Continue reading →

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Donald Duck, unemployment, and Glenn Beck

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