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What Drives US Income Disparity?
BY MARK BLESSINGTON – The US has high income inequality compared to other large economies. While income inequality in the US is close to China, it is rising in the US while declining in China. Many...
View Article‘This Is a Scam”: ExxonMobil-Backed Carbon Tax Will Not Save the Planet
BY JESSICA CORBETT “It comes as no surprise that ExxonMobil and other oil companies are calling for anything and everything short of moving off fossil fuels entirely—most notably, the unwieldy and...
View ArticleAt the Heart of Global Woes, 157 of World’s 200 Richest Entities Are Now...
BY JAKE JOHNSON – As corporations in the United States and around the world continue to reap record profits thanks to enormous tax cuts, widespread tax avoidance schemes, and business-friendly trade...
View ArticleIn Bid to ‘Get Big Money Out of Politics,’ House Lawmakers Introduce...
BY JAKE JOHNSON – In a bid to loosen the stranglehold corporate money has on the political process and “restore democratic power to the American people,” a bipartisan group of House lawmakers on...
View ArticleOpen Letter by Over 70 Scholars and Experts Condemns US-Backed Coup Attempt...
By COMMON DREAMS staff – “For the sake of the Venezuelan people, the region, and for the principle of national sovereignty, these international actors should instead support negotiations between the...
View ArticleHistorian’s Advice to Davos Elite Worried About Pitchforks: ‘Stop Talking...
BY JON QUEALLY – “I mean we can talk for a very long time about all these stupid philanthropy schemes… But we’ve got to be talking about taxes. That’s it. Taxes, taxes, taxes. All the rest is bullshit...
View Article“Let Us Fix American Democracy”
BY PHILIP KOTLER – No democracy is perfect. Some democracies work better than others. Swiss democracy works well. Canada’s democracy works pretty well. American democracy has fallen on hard times....
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Will You Help Artist Ron English Build a “Welcome Wall”?
BY CHRISTIAN SARKAR – Renowned U.S. Artist Ron English has started a protest wall project down at the border with Mexico. In response to Trump’s push for a border barrier, he’s decided to build his...
View Article“I’m a Capitalist,” Says Warren…But Why?
Let’s drop the dead-end debate of capitalism versus socialism and focus on choosing terms that capture what we really mean—an open, fair, and accountable market essential to real democracy. by FRANCESS...
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The Flywheel of Corruption: Why Our Democracy Isn’t Working
by PHILIP KOTLER and CHRISTIAN SARKAR – For some time now we’ve been saying that the wheels have fallen off our democracy. Things aren’t looking good around the world. The Guardian reports the world’s...
View ArticleWhat To Do About The Growing U.S. Income Gap Between The Rich And Everyone Else
by PHILIP KOTLER – Revolutions occur when the income and wealth gap between the rich, the middle class and the poor reaches a boiling point. We may be near the boiling point. This gap launched the...
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Is Trump a Fake Business Leader?
By PHILIP KOTLER – Donald Trump drew many followers based on believing that the next President should be a business leader, not another run-of-the-mill politician. Business leaders understand the real...
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Can Billionaires Save America?
BY PHILIP KOTLER – A recent news item mentioned that a group of 18 ultra-wealthy Americans including George Soros and Abigail Disney and members of the Pritzker and Gund families published an open...
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How Uber and other digital platforms could trick us using behavioral science...
BY ABBEY STEMLER, Indiana University; JOSHUA E. PERRY, Indiana University, and TODD HAUGH, Indiana University Uber’s business model is incredibly simple: It’s a platform that facilitates exchanges...
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“Now that CEOs found purpose, what are they going to do with it?”
BY CHRISTIAN SARKAR and PHILIP KOTLER Maybe they’ve been spooked by Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren. Or maybe they decided that it’s time to reclaim the political conversation before America turns...
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Humanity and nature are not separate – we must see them as one to fix the...
BY HEATHER ALBERRO, Nottingham Trent University From transport and housing to food production and fashion, our civilisation is driving climate and ecological breakdown. It’s no coincidence that almost...
View ArticleNew Analysis Details ‘Aggressive’ Tax Dodging of Six Silicon Valley...
BY JESSICA CORBETT Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Google, Microsoft, and Netflix have collectively dodged over $100 billion in global taxes so far this decade, according to an analysis released Monday by a...
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“Justice through Music”– An Interview with David Hinds from Steel Pulse
Musician David Hinds is the founder and front-man for Steel Pulse, the world’s leading reggae band. For over forty years, Hinds and the band has brought conscious music and a message of equality to...
View Article“You’re Not a Dictator”: Lawmakers and Experts Inform Trump He Can’t Declare...
BY Eoin Higgins Democratic lawmakers, anti-war advocates, and legal experts rebuked President Donald Trump after he announced on Twitter that he would be using the social media platform as the medium...
View Article‘We Know This Script': Naomi Klein Warns of ‘Coronavirus Capitalism’ in New...
BY JESSICA CORBETT In a new video from The Intercept, author and activist Naomi Klein explains how the Trump administration and other governments across the globe are “exploiting” the coronavirus...
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