Tag Archives: Capitalism

Free Speech TV: Video: The Big Picture With Thom Hartmann: Richard Wolff What to do when Capitalism Fails

The New Democrat Didn’t catch the part about what Professor Richard Wolff would do when capitalism failed. He just said how he believed it would fail and why it would fail but not what would happen next. I could give … Continue reading

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The New Republic: Noam Scheiber: ‘Raising the Minimum Wage Isn’t Just Good Politics: It’s Good Economics’

Source:The New Republic– supporters for raising the minimum wage. Source:The New Democrat “The minimum-wage debate follows a predictable pattern any time it flares up in the media: Liberals say it’s a moral outrage that people can toil away at full-time … Continue reading

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The New York Times: Thomas Edsall: Is The Safety Net Just Masking Tape?

The New York Times: Opinion: Thomas Edsall: Is the Safety Net Just Masking Tape? The New Democrat I’ve been looking for a new term or phrase that could describe an economic agenda as a New Democrat a Liberal whose moved … Continue reading

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Chicago Tribune: ‘How to Combat Inequality’

Source:Chicago Tribune– money, money, money. Source:The New Democrat   “If you’re a low-income African-American with a talent for braiding hair, you might have the idea of making money that way. You could start out doing it for relatives and friends and … Continue reading

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The Democratic Strategist: Robert Creamer: How to Fight Economic Inequality

Source:The New Democrat  Perhaps someone should explain to me how someone with a good education, who works hard and is very productive and makes a lot of money for the work they do and what they produce, how that is … Continue reading

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Dario Cancovic: Capitalist Oligarchy & Socialist Democracy

Source:FreeState MD If you want to know what Social Democrats or Democratic Socialists should be about at least in America, look no further than Senator Bernie Sanders. The only self-described Democratic Socialist in the United States Congress. But you could … Continue reading

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Liberty Pen: Video: Milton Friedman: Poverty and Equality

Liberty Pen: Video: Milton Friedman: Poverty and Equality The fact is, if you live in poverty, you don’t live in freedom, but you live in poverty. If you don’t have the freedom to live your own life and are dependent … Continue reading

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Liberty Pen: Martha Burk: ‘The Gender Pay Gap’

Source:Liberty Pen– author Martha Burk talking to John Stossel. Source:FreeState Now “Feminist author Martha Burk (“Cult of Power”), educator Warren Farrell (“Why Men Earn More”) and Sabrina Schaeffer of the Independent Women’s Forum discuss the reasons men are often paid … Continue reading

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Thom Hartmann: ‘Ronald Reagan, Billionaires and Privatization’

Source:Thom Hartmann– no friend of privatization and probably private wealth in general. Source:FreeState MD “Thom Hartmann says billionaires are taking over our commons through privatization and its not a good thing.” From Thom Hartmann Where Thom Hartmann loses me, is when … Continue reading

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Eric Holmberg: Milton Friedman Tries To Help a Future Wall Street Occupier

Source:FreeState Now I’m not sure Michael Moore could give Milton Friedman a good debate at any point in his life. Let alone in his mid twenties like he was in 1978. But this debate between a Classical Libertarian or Liberal, … Continue reading

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