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Is There a Revolution Coming? Americans Finally Realize Global Capitalism Is a Murderous Sham
Popular revulsion for the ruling elite is nearly universal. Are we going to see an uprising?
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How video games can help us overthrow capitalism
Skyrim is a computer game set in the mythical world of Tamriel, where human intercourse consists of fighting, stealing, magic and trade. Whether you’re here, or in the deep space of EveOnline, or among the low-life in Grand Theft Auto V, the economics of computer games nearly always resemble early capitalism: trade, conquest and ruthless rule-bending are the sources of wealth; actual human labour and ingenuity almost never.
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David Simon: 'There are now two Americas. My country is a horror show'
The creator of The Wire, David Simon, delivered a coruscating speech about the divide between rich and poor in America, and how capitalism has lost sight of its social compact. This is an edited extract
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Pope Francis Responds To Marxist Accusations
In a new interview with the Italian newspaper La Stampa, Pope Francis responded to allegations that he is a Marxist, after he recently criticized 'unfettered capitalism.' The Pope told La Stampa that “Marxist ideology is wrong. But I have met many Marxists in my life who are good people, so I don’t feel offended ... there is nothing in the exhortation that cannot be found in the social doctrine of the church.”
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Social Capital, Corporate Purpose, and the Revival of American Capitalism
Stagnating wages, slow economic growth and stubborn unemployment have led the public to question our current system of American capitalism. In this paper, Steven Pearlstein confronts the problem of corporate purpose, examining corporate governance, shareholder value, and short-term stock trading in order to retool our capitalist system for the benefit of society.
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Why you’re wrong about communism: 7 huge misconceptions about it (and capitalism)
Most of what Americans think they know about capitalism and communism is total nonsense. Here's a clearer picture.
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McDonald's brings Big Mac to Vietnam
Fast-food giant McDonald's - often seen as a symbol of American capitalism - has opened its first restaurant in communist-controlled Vietnam.
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Cult-like, corrupt and Christian conservative: Inside the campus group creating Wal-Mart managers
For decades, the campus group Students in Free Enterprise has drawn major funding and leadership from Wal-Mart, and channeled scores of students into the retail giant’s management ranks. Renamed Enactus in 2012, the group calls itself “the world’s best-known and most successful program helping university students to create community empowerment projects …”
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Greed Is Good: A 300-Year History of a Dangerous Idea
Not long ago, the pursuit of commercial self-interest was largely reviled. How did we come to accept it?
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Capitalism simply isn't working and here are the reasons why
Will Hutton: Economist Thomas Piketty's message is bleak: the gap between rich and poor threatens to destroy us
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Are you paid to look busy?
Ask yourself, says a notorious ‘Occupy’ academic, should your job exist?
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The best of capitalism is over for rich countries – and for the poor ones it will be over by 2060
One of the upsides of having a global elite is that at least they know what's going on. We, the deluded masses, may have to wait for decades to find out who the paedophiles in high places are; and which banks are criminal, or bust. But the elite are supposed to know in real time – and on that basis to make accurate predictions.
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Clueless rich kids on the rise: How millennial aristocrats will destroy our future
Today's wealthy are far more likely to have inherited their fortunes. Here's why that's going to doom our politics
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How your boss will run your life in a few years
Consulting firm PwC recently published its outlook for work in 2022, based on interviews with 500 human resources experts and 10,000 others in the United States and several other countries. You probably won’t be surprised to hear that big companies could end up so powerful and influential they morph into “ministates” that fill the void when government is unable to provide essential services.
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Has Capitalism Reached A Turning Point?
Pro-business thought leaders are calling for a Reformation of capitalism: will they be able to agree on a common cause at the Drucker Forum in November 2014?
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What comes after capitalism?
A new book examines traces the rise of the economic system -- and why it's too entrenched to resist.
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The future of business: what are the alternatives to capitalism?
Jules Peck asks what the implications of limits to growth are for capitalist theory, the alternatives, and what it means for business
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Comcast Caught Ghost Writing Politicians' Merger Support Letters
In a recent blog post, Comcast's top lobbyist David Cohen proudly proclaimed that Comcast has been seeing a "wide variety" of support for the company's $45 billion takeover of Time Warner Cable. Though most people worry that an even larger Comcast means more usage caps, greater anti-competitive leverage in content negotiations, less media diversity and worse customer service than ever before, Cohen crowed that 70 mayors, 80 chambers of commerce and business organizations and over 60 other...
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David Simon: 'My Country Is a Horror Show'
The man behind the hit series 'The Wire' gave an impromptu speech about the divide between rich and poor in America.
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The Cancer Industry is Too Prosperous to Allow a Cure
We have lost the war on cancer. At the beginning of the last century, one person in twenty would get cancer. In the 1940s it was one out of every sixteen people. In the 1970s it was one person out of ten. Today one person out of three gets cancer in the course of their life. The cancer industry is probably the most prosperous business in the United States. In 2014, there will be an estimated 1,665,540 new cancer cases diagnosed and 585,720 cancer deaths in the US.
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