- 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: August 2016
Countermeasures and a Caring State
Affordable Housing and the Homeless Crisis: Solutions from the Bottom Creating a nonprofit or cooperative housing sector is vital since private developers will not build affordable housing. Long-term low interest loans is the second viable option that is usually repressed. … Continue reading
Generation Y Doesn’t Fulfill Expectations
Generation Y Doesn’t Fulfill Expectations by Thorsten Schroeder, August 16, 2016 http://portland.indymedia.org/en/2016/08/433026.shtml “Millennials make US car manufacturers despair. They simply don’t want to shop anymore… The revolution from Silicon Valley has shaken traditional American branches to the core… The Smartphone … Continue reading
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Unemployment is (not) a Full-time Job
Unemployment is (not) a Full-time Job by Ilse Leide Krapfenbauer, August 2016 http://portland.indymedia.org/en/2016/08/433002.shtml There are many scandals and injustices -for example, that wealth concentration in Austria and the EU is increasing. The gap between the rich and the middle class … Continue reading
The Unending Story of the “Achievers” by Bruno Rossmann and Joerg Reitzig
All personal and corporate success depended on state investments in schools, roads, hospitals, community centers, airwaves, food safety, and water quality. The achievers’ myth ignores this, Austrian researcher Bruno Mossmann explains. The neoliberal redefinition of justice from sharing and distribution … Continue reading
Time for structural countermeasures: What if we followed Canada?
The video “Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room” could help us understand the balance of social justice and individual happiness. The state should represent the public interest and yet private or special interests are in the driver’s seat in … Continue reading
The Digitalization of Labor by Patrick Stary
Reading sample: The Digitalization of Labor by Patrick Stary, 2016 from chbeck.de http://portland.indymedia.org/en/2016/08/432949.shtml Robots and algorithms are ready to automate many activities like the manufacturing robot Baxter… John Maynard Keynes dreamt of a future in which the work week of … Continue reading
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A 99-page report “Election Fraud” from Election Justice USA, July 31, 2016
99-page report “Election Fraud” from Election Justice USA author: Election Justice USA Thanks to neoliberalism and the expansion of the financial sector, checks and balances have been eclipsed by revolving doors. Wall Street banks, hedge funds, and buyout artists recovered, … Continue reading
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