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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

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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

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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

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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

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Philosophical Reflections on the Economic Crisis by Marc Batko

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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

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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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