capitalism | Hypercritical Mode

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 […]

May 30, 2024June 3, 2024 Robert Heston banking, capitalism, civilization, economy

This is Fascism, SVB Bailout Edition

BY ROB URIE The very public failure of SVB (Silicon Valley Bank) is raising concerns of a renewed wave of bank failures that threatens Western economies. The subtext is residual fear […]

March 19, 2023March 27, 2023 Robert Heston banking, banks, economy, fascism, Federal Reserve, financial, government corruption, investment, The U.S., Uncategorized, US government, Wall Street

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 […]

February 10, 2023 Robert Heston capitalism

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 […]

February 9, 2023February 9, 2023 Robert Heston capitalism, child labor

News Articles | August 21, 2022

Here’s the list for this week. Unfortunately, this is just a one man show and I have to work extra days so no graphics again this week. Many good articles […]

August 20, 2022August 20, 2022 Robert Heston Afghanistan, Africa, Assange, China, Climate Change, EPA, Israel, New World Order, Palestine, prison, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, student debt, Taiwan, The Environment, The U.S., The World, Trump, tyranny, Ukraine, Uncategorized, Unemployment, unions, vaccine

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 […]