Category: capitalism
Top Economist Warns: Capitalism Is in Serious “Existential Crisis”
Review of Martin Wolf’s book, “The crisis of democratic capitalism,” Penguin, London, 2023, 496 pages. When a leading economist of the establishment declares that capitalism is going through a severe […]
Capitalism and the Destruction of Life on Earth: Six Theses on Saving the Humans
By Richard Smith , TRUTHOUT Published : November 10, 2013 As global capitalist economic growth accelerates planetary ecological collapse, this article, originally published on November 10, 2013, argues that – impossible as […]
Nestlé’s Blatant Misconduct Shows Us the Darkness of Capitalism
From inventing the need for mass-scale baby formula leading to the deaths of infants, to redirecting much needed water from impoverished areas to bottle and sell back to the same […]
MICHAEL HUDSON: The End of Western Civilization
The greatest challenge facing societies has always been how to conduct trade and credit without letting merchants and creditors make money by exploiting their customers and debtors. All antiquity recognized […]
News Articles | June 26, 2022
Article The Age of Stupidity: From Johnson and Biden to Putin and Xi Jinping BY PATRICK COCKBURN The role of stupidity in determining the course of history is often underestimated by […]
News Articles | May 1, 2022
Article Evictions Are Climbing to Pre-Pandemic Levels in Cities Across the US BY: Mike Ludwig, Truthout Despite billions of dollars in federal rental assistance flowing to cities and states, the number […]
Who Will Eventually Own Everything, Including You?
The vast majority of the world’s assets are owned by just two investment firms — BlackRock and the Vanguard Group. Combined, they have ownership in nearly 90% of all S&P 500 […]
Extensive US-EU Sanctions on Russia: Boomerang and Economic Backlash throughout the European Union
Today, the dangers of military escalation are beyond description. What is now happening in Ukraine has serious geopolitical implications. It could lead us into a World War III Scenario. It is […]
News Articles | January 1, 2021
Article | Audio Refusing To Oppose US Tyranny Is Siding With It: Notes From The Edge Of The Narrative Matrix The US and its allies are pushing the world toward […]
News Articles | December 25, 2021
Article The Execution of Julian Assange Let us name Julian Assange’s executioners. Joe Biden. Boris Johnson. Scott Morrison. Teresa May. Lenin Moreno. Donald Trump. Barack Obama. Mike Pompeo. Hillary Clinton. […]