Report: Wealthy Thrive and Poorest Dive as Surge in US Inequality Continues
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Report: Wealthy Thrive and Poorest Dive as Surge in US Inequality Continues
Posted: 2013/04/24 by Punkonomics (@dearbalak) in UncategorizedTags: financial crisis, income, inequality, justice, Kleptocracy, wealth
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“Economists afraid of ethics?” (macrobusiness.com.au)
Posted: 2013/04/23 by Punkonomics (@dearbalak) in UncategorizedTags: ethics, history, justice, moral philosophy, political-economy
“Economists afraid of ethics?” (macrobusiness.com.au)
you know we (the economics profession) were not always such scum-bags. Back in the 19th century political-economists (that’s how we called ourselves then… in the 18th c. we were “moral-philosophers”) were at the forefront of the struggle for the abolition of slavery, the emancipation of women, universal suffrage, etc.
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“Power concedes…
Posted: 2013/04/22 by Punkonomics (@dearbalak) in UncategorizedTags: Frederick Douglass, justice, power, radical
“Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will.”
Frederick Douglass
This is perhaps the #1 point that every historian (economic especially) needs to convey. Education systems (broadly defined: religions, schools, media, etc) are of course concerned with teaching the opposite so that people will NOT demand and will wait meekly for their masters to through them some scraps and not beat them TOO hard.
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Show #25 on Hugo Chavez with Jay Gordon
Posted: 2013/03/31 by Punkonomics (@dearbalak) in PodcastsTags: Bolivarian revolution, colonialism, culture, democracy, finance, fraud, history, Hugo Chavez, justice, Latin America, media, propaganda, racism, radical, righteous rage, socialism, socialist, Venezuela
Here are the sources Jay referenced in our discussion on Chavez
Pro Chavez
- Dual Power in the Venezuelan Revolution
- The Death of a Boogeyman: The Corporate Media Bury Hugo Chavez.
- Venezuela After Chavez.
Critical of Chavez
- The Deification of Hugo Chavez by Xavier Marquez
- Hugo Chavez and Socialism by the World Socialist Website.
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Chavez; the mainstream media would be funny if it wasn’t so poisonous
Posted: 2013/03/27 by Punkonomics (@dearbalak) in Links/Articles/VideoTags: chavez, justice, mainstream, media
“Chavez invested Venezuela’s oil wealth into social programs including state-run food markets, cash benefits for poor families, free health clinics and education programs. But those gains were meager compared with the spectacular construction projects that oil riches spurred in glittering Middle Eastern cities, including the world’s tallest building in Dubai and plans for branches of the Louvre and Guggenheim museums in Abu Dhabi.” (AP 3/5/13)
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