Monthly Archives: February 2018

Working Digitally in Just Economies by Bernhard Emunds

Posted on February 26, 2018 by Marc

Working Digitally in Just Economies by Bernhard Emunds, May 2017 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2003/12/15/16658991.php Greater productivity is a chance for reducing working hours for everyone. Reducing working hours is an attractive scenario, an optimistic picture of a possible future of society. Less than … Continue reading →

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Adam Smith as Philanthropist or Agent of the Invisible Hand

Posted on February 23, 2018 by Marc

Adam Smith as Philanthropist or Agent of the Invisible Hand by Rudolf Walther. 5/12/2017 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2018/02/23/18806930.php The market can only fulfill its technical function when its rules are politically fixed and governmentally monitored…Adam Smith’s theory has nothing to do with neoliberals … Continue reading →

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State investments and the Public Sector

Posted on February 20, 2018 by Marc

State Investments and the Public Sector by Patrick Schreiner and Kai Eicker-Wolf https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2018/02/20/18806850.php The public infrastructure is something positive. It is a kind of advance concession, increases the entrepreneurial production potential and lowers the production costs. If state investments are … Continue reading →

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End Russophobia! Time for a New Detente Policy

Posted on February 15, 2018 by Marc

End Russophobia! Time for a New Detente Policy Interview with Gabriele Krone-Schmalz, 2/8/2018 http://portland.indymedia.org/en/2018/02/435504.shtml NATO’s eastern expansion (from 16 to 28 states) was and is a serious strain on relations with Russia. This is also true for the missile defense … Continue reading →

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Trump Signs Massive Spending Bill as Stock Market Tanks

Posted on February 14, 2018 by Marc

Maybe Trump should be called the bankruptcy president taking billions from K-12! Corporate wealth at the expense of the future! The $6 or $8 billion should be returned to HUD. Only hypocrites and scoundrels would punish public housing, an achievement … Continue reading →

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Zombie Capitalism by Chris Harman

Posted on February 12, 2018 by Marc

Chris Harman is a leader of the Socialist Workers Party in the UK. to read his book published by Haymarket Books in 2010, click on https://archive.org/stream/pdfy-kvzhB4k4AcAT-7iA/Zombie%20Capitalism%20-%20Chris%20Harman_djvu.txt “We live in an unstable world, and the instability is going to increase. It … Continue reading →

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A Year of Trump and Right-wing Populism

Posted on February 5, 2018 by Marc

A Year of Trump and Right-wing Populism by Conrad Schuhler, January 2018 http://portland.indymedia.org/en/2018/02/435486.shtml In the GOP tax bill, $5 trillion is given to households with over $1 million income. Seniors, the poor, children and students are attacked. The severe cuts … Continue reading →

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