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Financial Predators and Parasites Want to Live, Regardless of the Cost
By Charles Hugh Smith Source: Of Two Minds Reform is impossible in a system optimized for centralized power and financial predators and parasites. The problem with optimizing private gain by any means available is you also optimize financial predators and … Continue reading
Posted in Corporate Crime, Corruption, culture, Economics, Financial Crisis, History, Recession, Social Control, society
Tagged Big Banks, Corporate Criminals, corporatocracy, Crony Capitalism, financial crisis, Financial Meltdown, Financial Parasites, Financial Predators, Rent Seeking, wall street
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The Rise of “Criminal Capitalism”
By James Petras Source: Dissident Voice About 75% of US employees work 40 hours or longer, the second longest among all OECD countries, exceeded only by Poland and tied with South Korea. In contrast, only 10% of Danish workers, 15% … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, Corporate Crime, Corruption, culture, Economics, Financial Crisis, History, Law, Social Control, society
Tagged activism, Bail-Outs, Big Banks, Corporate Crime, corporatocracy, Criminal Capitalism, Crony Capitalism, Deregulation, Dissident Voice, Economic Disparity, Income Inequality, LIBOR, Oligarchy, Plutocracy, Rent Seeking, Wealth Gap
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Pillage and Class Polarization: The Rise of “Criminal Capitalism”
By Prof. James Petras Source: GlobalResearch.ca About 75% of US employees work 40 hours or longer, the second longest among all OECD countries, exceeded only by Poland and tied with South Korea. In contrast, only 10% of Danish workers, 15% … Continue reading
Posted in Corporate Crime, Corruption, culture, Economics, Financial Crisis, History, Law, Recession, Social Control, society, State Crime
Tagged Bailouts, Big Banks, CEO Pay, Class Warfare, Corporate Crime, Cost of Living, Economic Parasites, Economic Predators, Federal Reserve, Income Inequality, LIBOR, Rent Seeking, wall street, White Collar Crime
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The Calling: How Cronyism Worsens Income Inequality (and Freed Markets Reduce It)
By Steven Horwitz Source: Future of Freedom Foundation I recently gave an introductory Public Choice talk sponsored by Students for Liberty at the University of Ottawa. The next speaker was my friend Anne Rathbone Bradley, who was Skyping in from … Continue reading
Posted in Corporate Crime, Corporate Welfare, Corruption, culture, Economics, Labor, Law, Privatization, Recession, society, Work
Tagged Cronyism, FFF, Future of Freedom Foundation, Income Inequality, Libertarians, Oligarchy, Plutocracy, Rent Seeking, Sharing Economy, Steven Horwitz, Wealth Disparity
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The “Makers” and “Takers” — Not Who You Think
By Kevin Carson Source: Center for a Stateless Society The old “53% vs. 47%” meme that got so much attention in the 2012 election resurfaced this week when it came out that Colorado gubernatorial candidate Bob Beauprez apparently first coined … Continue reading
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