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Insecurities for the Bottom 90% of the US Population – part 1

February 14, 2025

Insecurities for the Bottom 90% of the US Population – part 1

February 14, 2025

We have written at some length about the flatlinin —>> read more –>>

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Capitalism

The Pace of Change – too slow for survival

January 17, 2025

The Pace of Change – too slow for survival

January 17, 2025

Our species is facing the interconnected global cr —>> read more –>>

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Capitalism

Economists Are in the Wilderness. Can They Find a Way Back to Influence? – from the NYTimes

January 12, 2025

Economists Are in the Wilderness. Can They Find a Way Back to Influence? – from the NYTimes

January 12, 2025

Ben Casselman wrote this piece in the 1.10.2025 NY —>> read more –>>

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Capitalism

Competitive Capitalism – long dead in the US

November 14, 2024

Competitive Capitalism – long dead in the US

November 14, 2024

A key part of the description of capitalism in ort —>> read more –>>

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Human Nature

So…my question is…how better to organize societies?

January 31, 2024

So…my question is…how better to organize societies?

January 31, 2024

A reader of my recent post, “Nation-States Are A P —>> read more –>>

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Capitalism

$47 Trillion – the ripoff by the rich and corporations – in two charts – maybe a few more…..

August 22, 2023

$47 Trillion – the ripoff by the rich and corporations – in two charts – maybe a few more…..

August 22, 2023

I was already 31 years old when the rip-off of Ame —>> read more –>>

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Briefly Noted

Lewis Black on capitalism from 2009

March 16, 2023

Lewis Black on capitalism from 2009

March 16, 2023

I can’t seem to forgo comedians. Sometimes a laugh —>> read more –>>

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Capitalism

“…as long as they do no harm to another.” A tale of actual capitalism

March 3, 2023

“…as long as they do no harm to another.” A tale of actual capitalism

March 3, 2023

Individualism and Libertarians Americans are renow —>> read more –>>

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Capitalism

Video Post – Externalities – getting somebody else to pay for my production costs – the In Depth Capitalism series

October 25, 2020

Video Post – Externalities – getting somebody else to pay for my production costs – the In Depth Capitalism series

October 25, 2020

Capitalism features a structural drive to create and use external costs to increase profits. Pollution of the earth is the most obvious and visible; there are many others including injuries and death for workers.

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Capitalism

Video Post – Introduction to In Depth Capitalism Series

October 24, 2020

Video Post – Introduction to In Depth Capitalism Series

October 24, 2020

Introducing the In Depth series on the actual workings of capitalism. Commentary on economic theories.

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Family

Evicted – the book and the exhibition

April 3, 2019

Evicted – the book and the exhibition

April 3, 2019

Eviction from home is a regular feature of life for the poor and working class, more so for black and brown people. The civil justice system works with the same imbalance of power as the criminal system. Based on the book Evicted by Matthew Desmond.

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Capitalism

The Monopolization of America

November 26, 2018

The Monopolization of America

November 26, 2018

Adam Smith discussed the harms caused by monopolie —>> read more –>>

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  • Topics Overview
  • Keystone Essays
    • – American Delusions – introduction
    • – Our Social Nature and the Future
    • – our history – the intentionally forgotten
    • – capitalism and free-market Ideology
      • – about neoliberalism
      • – financialization – from production to extraction
    • – healthcare system
    • – american empire
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