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Tag Archives: Wealth
Billionaires are a Sign of Economic Failure
Inherited wealth and crony capitalism have created an aristocratic class that undermines social mobility and democracy By Max Lawson Source: Inequality.org The New York Times published an editorial comment on its front page in January 2019, provocatively entitled “abolish billionaires.” The … Continue reading
Posted in Corporate Crime, Corporate Welfare, Corruption, culture, Dystopia, Economics, elites, Empire, Financial Crisis, History, Inequality, Law, Neoliberalism, Oligarchy, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime
Tagged 1%, Billionaires, Corporate Power, Crony Capitalism, economic failure, economic inequality, Economics, extreme wealth, Inequality, Monopoly, Neoliberalism, Oligarchy, Plutocracy, political corruption, Poverty, Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners, Thomas Piketty, US History, Wealth
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Let us now stop praising famous men (and women)
By David V. Johnson Source: aeon.com After the Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris nearly burned down in April, the French luxury-goods magnate François-Henri Pinault was celebrated for committing €100 million to reconstruct what he called ‘this jewel of our heritage’ and … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, conditioning, culture, elites, Inequality, media, Media Literacy, Oligarchy, Philosophy, propaganda, Psychology, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology
Tagged blame, Celebrity, culture, Democracy, elites, Fame, François-Henri Pinault, Hierarchy, Inequality, Meritocracy, Oligarchy, philosphy, Plutocracy, Power, praise, society, Sociology, Wealth
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Survival of the Richest
All Are Equal, Except Those Who Aren’t By Nomi Prins Source: TomDispatch.com Like a gilded coating that makes the dullest things glitter, today’s thin veneer of political populism covers a grotesque underbelly of growing inequality that’s hiding in plain sight. And … Continue reading
Posted in Corporate Crime, culture, Dystopia, Economics, elites, Financial Crisis, History, Inequality, Labor, Neoliberalism, Oligarchy, Recession, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, State Crime, Work
Tagged central banks, Collusion, Dystopia, economic inequality, Economic Meltdown, Economics, elites, Federal Reserve, financial crisis, George Orwell, Income, income gap, J.P. Morgan, The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today, Wealth
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Why We’re Blind to the System Destroying Us
By Jonathan Cook Source: Information Clearing House I rarely use this blog to tell readers what they should believe. Rather I try to indicate why it might be wise to distrust, at least without very good evidence, what those in … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, conditioning, consciousness, Conspiracy, corporate news, culture, Economics, elites, Inequality, media, Media Literacy, Neoliberalism, news, Philosophy, propaganda, Psy-ops, Psychology, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology
Tagged Alexander Petrov, Belief, conspiracy, corporate media, Corporations, corporatocracy, Craig Murray, Economics, elites, Entertainment, Ideology, Insitutions, Journalism, Late Stage Capitalism, media, Narratives, Neoliberalism, news, Plutocracy, politics, Power, Power Structures, propaganda, Ruslan Boshirov, Russia, Sergei Skripal, Wealth, Yulia Skripal
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Eternity, nature, society and the absurd fantasies of the rich
By Kurt Cobb Source: Resilience Professor and author Douglas Rushkoff recently wrote about a group of wealthy individuals who paid him to answer questions about how to manage their lives after what they believe will be the collapse of society. … Continue reading
Posted in consciousness, culture, Dystopia, Economics, elites, Financial Crisis, Inequality, Philosophy, society, Sociology
Tagged 1%, Collapse, Community, culture, Douglas Rushkoff, Dystopia, economic inequality, elites, Philosophy, Relationships, Security, Societal Collapse, society, Wealth
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Jeff Bezos’ Paper Tells You Not to Worry About Those Billionaires
By Dean Baker Source: FAIR Just when you thought economic commentary in the Washington Post couldn’t get any more insipid, Roger Lowenstein proves otherwise. In a business section “perspective” (7/20/18), he tells readers: But what if inequality is the wrong metric. Herewith … Continue reading
Posted in Corporate Crime, corporate news, culture, Economics, elites, Inequality, media, Media Literacy, news, propaganda, Social Control, Social Engineering, society
Tagged Amazon, Billionaires, capitalism, Corporate Elites, economic inequality, Economics, Federal Reserve, Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg, washington post, Wealth
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25 Families Own $1.1 Trillion Between Them as the Global Wealth Inequality Gap Grows
Using data from their list Forbes has produced a list of the top 25 richest families in the world. Together they are worth over $1.1 trillion, or the entire GDP of Indonesia. By Rosa Tressell and Dr. Leon Tressell Source: SouthFront Once … Continue reading
Posted in Conspiracy, Corporate Crime, Corruption, culture, Dystopia, Economics, elites, Financial Crisis, Inequality, Neoliberalism, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime
Tagged 1%, Billionaires, Bloomberg, Cargill, Dictators, economic inequality, Economics, elites, financial crisis, Frobes, Jeff Bezos, Koch Brothers, Oligarchy, Plutocracy, Power, Roche, Rockefellers, Rothchilds, Waltons, Wealth, Wealth Concentration
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Twelve Tips For Making Sense Of The World
By Caitlin Johnstone Source: CaitlinJohnstone.com In an environment that is saturated with mass media propaganda, it can be hard to figure out which way’s up, let alone get an accurate read on what’s going on in the world. Here are … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, CIA, conditioning, consciousness, Conspiracy, Corporate Crime, corporate news, Corruption, culture, Deep State, Economics, elites, Empire, Geopolitics, imperialism, Inequality, media, Media Literacy, Neocons, news, Philosophy, propaganda, Psychology, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime, war
Tagged 1%, Bribery, corporate media, Corruption, elites, empathy, geopolitics, Government, greed, imperialism, manipulation, Money, Neocons. Empire, PNAC, Power, propaganda, sociopathy, Truth, war, Wealth
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