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Education does NOT lead to opportunity when the system is unequal (duh Mr Gates)

Posted: 2014/08/30 by Punkonomics (@dearbalak) in Uncategorized

Apropos my previous post on the BS coming out of the Gates Foundation. My colleague Somnath S. sent me this excellent article by Robert Reich:

http://www.nvdaily.com/opinion/2014/08/robert-b-reich-back-to-school-and-to-widening-inequality

The Gates Foundation Education Reform Hype Machine and Bizarre Inequality Theory

The Gates Foundation Education Reform Hype Machine and Bizarre Inequality Theory.

Image — Posted: 2014/08/30 by Punkonomics (@dearbalak) in Links/Articles/Video
Tags: capitalism, education, education system, inequality, justice

Chris Hedges: How the Brutalized Become Brutal (truthdig.com)

Posted: 2014/08/25 by Punkonomics (@dearbalak) in Uncategorized

http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/how_the_brutalized_become_brutal_20140824

Washington’s Nightmare Comes True: The Russian-Chinese Strategic Partnership Goes Global (I) | Oriental Review

Posted: 2014/08/24 by Punkonomics (@dearbalak) in Links/Articles/Video
Tags: China, globalization, multilateral, Russia

http://orientalreview.org/2014/08/21/washingtons-nightmare-comes-true-the-russian-chinese-strategic-partnership-goes-global-i/

Part 2 is even more interesting

Watch “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver: Wealth Gap (H…” on YouTube

Posted: 2014/08/23 by Punkonomics (@dearbalak) in Links/Articles/Video

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver: Wealth Gap (H…: http://youtu.be/LfgSEwjAeno