Category Archives: culture

How to Beat a Manipulator

Posted on September 23, 2018 by

By Caitlin Johnstone Source: Consortium News Humans are hackable. Ask any conman. Our desire to think we have control over our lives often hides this from ourselves, but most of us are highly suggestible and hypnotizable. If you think you’re … Continue reading →

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Saturday Matinee: The Case of the Grinning Cat

Posted on September 22, 2018 by

Synopsis from Icarus Films: In his newest film, French documentarian and cinema-essayist Chris Marker reflects on French and international politics, art and culture at the start of the new millennium. In November 2001, the filmmaker became intrigued, as did many … Continue reading →

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Amazon and Apple: Wall Street’s Trillion Dollar Babies

Posted on September 21, 2018 by

By Dean Baker Source: CounterPunch Last month Amazon joined Apple, becoming the second company in the world to have a $1 trillion market capitalization. Amazon’s accomplishment didn’t cause quite as much celebration as Apple’s – it pays to be number … Continue reading →

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Taxpayers Are Footing the Bill for Sky-High CEO Salaries

Posted on September 20, 2018 by

Billions in taxpayer funds go to CEOs who pay their workers peanuts. We can change that. By Sam Pizzigati Source: Other Words Politicians often gab about the “private sector” and the “public sector,” as if these two categories of economic … Continue reading →

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Moscow blames downing of Russian plane near Syria on Israeli “provocation”

Posted on September 19, 2018 by

By Bill Van Auken Source: WSWS.org Tensions remain high in Syria after the downing of a Russian Il-20 electronic intelligence plane and the killing of all 15 crew members aboard during a major Israeli airstrike against the Syrian port city … Continue reading →

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Two for Tuesday

Posted on September 18, 2018 by

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For Economic Truth Turn To Michael Hudson

Posted on September 18, 2018 by

By Paul Craig Roberts Source: PaulCraigRoberts.org Readers ask me how they can learn economics, what books to read, what university economics departments to trust. I receive so many requests that it is impossible to reply individually. Here is my answer. … Continue reading →

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Why do corporate boards so overpay US CEOs?

Posted on September 17, 2018 by

By Sam Pizzigati Source: Nation of Change Back in 1999, near the dizzying height of the dot-com boom, no executive in Corporate America personified the soaring pay packages of America’s CEOs more than Jack Welch, the chief exec at General … Continue reading →

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