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Are We Being Served?

By William Bowles

We have, in the space of a few short years, been catapulted back into the world of 19th century, Victorian capitalism.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article36613.htm



How Unregulated Banking Triggered the Crash of '08

By Mike Whitney

If that doesn t make your blood boil, I don t know what will.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article36623.htm



US Political Dysfunction and Capitalism s Withdrawal

By Richard Wolff

What we learn about early capitalism when we read Charles Dickens, Emile Zola, Maxim Gorky and Jack London, we see now again in the new centers.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article36679.htm



The Super Rich Reinvent U.S. Capitalism

By Shamus Cooke

Democrats and Republicans alike, insist that the U.S. is broke, all the while conveniently ignoring the mountains of tax-free wealth piling up in the pockets of the super rich.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article36812.htm



Technology Didn t Kill Middle Class Jobs, Public Policy Did

By Dean Baker

The story is that innovation rapidly reduced the need for factory workers and other skilled labor. The data just doesn t support it.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article36978.htm

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Stop Treating Capitalists Like They are Gods

The Daily Take, The Thom Hartmann Program: Sen. Rand Paul has no idea how capitalism works. That s because, like most Americans, he confuses capitalism with free enterprise.

http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/19592-stop-treating-capitalists-like-theyre-gods



Capitalism and the Destruction of Life on Earth: Six Theses on Saving the Humans

Richard Smith, Truthout: Why are we, as a species, marching to disaster? Why can t we slam on the brakes before we ride off the cliff to collapse? The problem is rooted in the requirements of capitalist reproduction, that large corporations are destroying life on Earth.

http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/19872-capitalism-and-the-destruction-of-life-on-earth-six-theses-on-saving-the-humans



Struggles of Younger US Workers Ripple Through Economy

Kevin G. Hall, McClatchy Newspapers: Economists worry about the flagging household-formation rate as graduates, unable to find full-time work, continue to live with their parents for extended periods of time.

http://truth-out.org/news/item/20331-struggles-of-younger-us-workers-ripple-through-economy

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The Stealthy Killer That Is Capitalism
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/11/11



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