- Break away from conventional trickle-down economics.
A future-friendly economics is necessary, and possible.Poverty is man-made, and not inevitable.
Produced by a myopic worldview, there is an alternative.
Monthly Archives: February 2015
Profit-Making is Different Than Profit-Maximizing by Ulrich Thielemann
Profit-Making is Different Than Profit-Maximizing by Ulrich Thielemann Discussions of jobs and the economy are often marked by trivialization, distortion, unreality and wishful-thinking. The neoliberal model promotes profits, not investments and rationalization and digitalization lead to mass unemployment. Most created … Continue reading
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The Future of Generalized Security
The future of generalized security is bound up with rethinking economics and removing the cap on social security (now at $118K). If you earn $5 million, you only pay on the first $118K. When this anomaly is removed, social security … Continue reading
TTIP: Trifling Economic Advantages at the Cost of Democracy and the Public Interest
to read the articles by Werner Raza and Heribert Schmitz, click on http://portland.indymedia.org/en/2015/02/429182.shtml “The controversial investment-protection agreement establishes a parallel justice giving se4curity to all investors. The states would be liable for compensation for any lower profits… States and local … Continue reading
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Video: The 99% – Occupy Everywhere, 1 hr
Enjoy this 2013 video! Tax cuts for the rich and social cuts for the poor. Wealth isn’t trickling down; poverty gushes up. The US has been under-investing in housing and the infrastructure. We go to war for profit, wasteful wars … Continue reading