- Break away from conventional trickle-down economics.
A future-friendly economics is necessary, and possible.Poverty is man-made, and not inevitable.
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The Trump Spectacle by Albert Scharenberg
The Trump Spectacle by Albert Scharenberg, January 2018 www.rosalux-nyc.org http://www.rosalux-nyc.org/the-trump-spectacle/ Robert Zaretsky recently commented in The New York Times that Donald Trump’s presidency marks the coming of age of The Society of the Spectacle—a society in which truth is essentially … Continue reading
Adam Smith as Philanthropist or Agent of the Invisible Hand
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
Zombie Capitalism by Chris Harman
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
Tax Reform in the US: Trump’s Attack on America by Soren Brandes, Dec 21
The tax reform of the Republicans is a blow against the welfare state. It strikes low-income persons and was prepared in the 1970s. $5 trillion is given to households with over a million dollars income! Tax cuts for corporations and … Continue reading
Philosophical Reflections on the Economic Crisis by Marc Batko
GRIN.com is a Munich publisher with 188K eBooks and dissertations and offers reading samples of all the dissertations. A universe of knowledge and enlightenment opens up. Enjoy the feast! http://www.grin.com/en/e-book/373028/philosophical-reflections-on-the-economic-crisis
Economic Stagnation and its Mastery by Markus Marterbauer
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2017/06/22/18800348.php Corporate profits explode while investments stagnate. Public housing declines with privatization. According to neoliberal theory, higher profits lead to greater investments and more jobs. In truth, higher profits lead to greater use of tax havens, companies buying back their … Continue reading
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The President as Businessman by Rudolf Hickel
The President as Businessman by Rudolf Hickel, blaetter.de, June 2017 http://portland.indymedia.org/en/2017/06/434862.shtml Trump’s gigantic tax cuts will only benefit the rich. State indebtedness increases on account of neoliberal fiscal policy, not through infrastructure investments. Revenue losses of over six trillion dollars … Continue reading
The Great Trump Show
The Great Trump Show by Daniel Leisegang, blaetter.de http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2017/06/11/18800091.php The bizarre billionaire becomes an epic disaster when regulation is demonized, social necessities like food stamps and Medicaid are cut in the hundreds of billions and taxes for corporations may be … Continue reading
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Trump’s “Greatest Tax Reform of History” – A Windfall for Millionaires and Corporations by Conrad Schuhler
https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2017/05/05/18799176.php Under the Trumpian tax reform, the corporate tax rate could fall from 35 to 15%. The drastic reduction of the corporate tax rate will lead to lower tax revenues of $2 trillion in 10 years. The commentary of the … Continue reading
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Video: Trump versus Truth by John Oliver, 23 min, 2/12/17
Trump versus Truth John Oliver, Feb 12, 2017, 23 min https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xecEV4dSAXE Jon Stewart will be back on the air in March!!!
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