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Who Profits from the Pandemic?
By Pepe Escobar Source: Consortium News You don’t need to read Michel Foucault’s work on biopolitics to understand that neoliberalism – in deep crisis since at least 2008 – is a control/governing technique in which surveillance capitalism is deeply embedded. But now, … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, black ops, civil liberties, Conspiracy, culture, Deep State, Dystopia, Economics, elites, Empire, Financial Crisis, Geopolitics, Health, Neoliberalism, news, Oligarchy, propaganda, Psy-ops, Science, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime, surveillance state, Technocracy, Technology
Tagged Asian Development Bank, bankruptcies, Bill Gates, BlackRock, coronavirus, Covid-19, Digital Currency, Dystopia, Economic Collapse, financial crisis, global unemployment, Goldman Sachs, Great Depression 2.0, International Labor Organization, mandatory vaccination, Neoliberalism, Oligarchy, Pandemic, social credit system, Universal Basic Income, wall street
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A 2% Financial Wealth Tax Would Provide A $12,000 Annual Stipend To Every American Household
Careful analysis reveals a number of excellent arguments for the implementation of a Universal Basic Income. By Paul Buchheit Source: Nation of Change It’s not hard to envision the benefits in work opportunities, stress reduction, child care, entrepreneurial activity, and … Continue reading
Posted in Corporate Welfare, culture, Economics, elites, Financial Crisis, Inequality, Labor, Recession, society, Sociology, Technology, Work
Tagged 1%, 99%, Arts and Sciences, big data, Big Pharma, economic inequality, Economics, elites, Entrepreneurs, financial crisis, income gap, Poverty, Progressive Tax, Stock Market, technology, UBI, unemployment, Universal Basic Income, wall street, Wealth Disparity, Wealth Tax
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Newsletter: From Neoliberal Injustice To Economic Democracy
By Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers Source: Dissident Voice The work to transform society involves two parallel paths: resisting harmful systems and institutions and creating new systems and institutions to replace them. Our focus in this article is on positive work that … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, culture, Economics, Energy, Philosophy, Revolution, society, Sociology
Tagged activism, Community Land Trusts, Cooperatives, Decentralization, Democracy, Economic Democracy, Economics, empire, Empire Economy, Ethics, Friedrich Hayek, imperialism, John Maynard Keynes, Mutual Aid, Neoliberalism, Public Banks, Public Finance, resistance, Solar Energy, Styagraha, Swaraj, Universal Basic Income
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The United States of Work
Employers exercise vast control over our lives, even when we’re not on the job. How did our bosses gain power that the government itself doesn’t hold? By Miya Tokumitsu Source: New Republic Work no longer works. “You need to acquire … Continue reading
Posted in culture, Economics, Financial Crisis, Health, Labor, society, Sociology, Technology, Work
Tagged automation, Corporations, corporatocracy, culture, Economics, economy, Elizabeth Anderson, Employment, financial crisis, Government, James Livingston, Labor, Postcapitalism, Postwork Society, technology, UBI, Universal Basic Income, Welfare, Work
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Will Robots Take Your Job?
By Nick Srnicek and Alex Williams Source: ROAR In recent months, a range of studies has warned of an imminent job apocalypse. The most famous of these—a study from Oxford—suggests that up to 47 percent of US jobs are at … Continue reading
Posted in culture, Dystopia, Economics, Financial Crisis, Labor, Neoliberalism, Recession, Social Control, society, Sociology, Technology, war
Tagged automation, capitalism, Economics, Jobs, Labor, Mass Unemployment, Precarity, Productivity, Robotics, Robots, Silicon Valley, technology, UBI, unemployment, Universal Basic Income, Wages, Work
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A Universal Basic Income Is The Bipartisan Solution To Poverty We’ve Been Waiting For
What if the government simply paid everyone enough so that no one was poor? It’s an insane idea that’s gaining an unlikely alliance of supporters. By Ben Schiller Source: FastCoexist.com There’s a simple way to end poverty: the government … Continue reading
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Tagged automation, Basic Income, Bureaucracy, Conservatives, Income Inequality, Liberals, Libertarians, Poverty, Precariat, Robots, technology, Universal Basic Income, Wealth Gap, Wealth Redistribution, Welfare, Workfare
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A Libertarian Argument for Universal Basic Income
Political Authority and the Basic Income By Jessica Flanigan Source: Bleeding Heart Libertarians Lately I’ve been thinking about my reasons for endorsing a UBI, especially given that I also share Michael Huemer’s skepticism about political authority. Consider this case: (1) … Continue reading
It’s Time to Start Believing Again – Why Basic Income Could and Should be the Next Global Political Movement
Source: Thought Infection Things change slowly and then all at once. If there is one great consistency about change in the 21st century, it is that things seem to change almost imperceptibly right up until they become inevitable. Many good examples … Continue reading
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