Tony Benn’s Ten Minute History of Neoliberalism
A must-watch speech by the great British socialist Tony Benn.
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Former California Official Blasts CalPERS CEO Anne Stausboll, Staff, and Board for Misconduct
Former California official Tony Butka He deems Chief Investment Officer, Ted Eliopoulos, the head of private equity, Réal Desorchers, and private equity professional Christine Gogan to have been so dishonest with the board that they all have should have received a notice of intent to discharge.
Read more...Imperial Overreach: U.S. Special Ops Forces Deployed in 135 Nations
The US has special ops missions in 70% of the countries in the world,, more than at the height of the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Read more...Bill Black on the Department of Justice’s Failure to Prosecute Individuals and Promises to Do Better
This is a wide-ranging interview with Bill Black on a subject of the keen desire of the public to see more corporate officials prosecuted for big business misdeeds, and why that never happens these days.
Read more...Gaius Publius: Will Senator Whitehouse Renew His Call for RICO Prosecution of Climate-Denying Companies like Exxon?
Did climate change denialists like Exxon coordinate their activities, as Big Tobacco did to foster doubt about smoking’s role in lung cancer? If so, what would it take for RICO prosecutions to occur?
Read more...Greece: No Lessons Learned
Greece, which has undertaken the most severe austerity, has experienced the deepest economic contraction. But the policy quackery continues.
Read more...Elizabeth Warren, Other Senators Back IRS in Cracking Down on Private Equity Tax Abuse, Management Fee Waivers
One big private equity tax abuse, management fee waivers, is on its way out. Will others follow?
Read more...Privatizing the Apocalypse: How Nuclear Weapons Companies Commandeer Your Tax Dollars
How the nuclear weapons industry keeps itself out of the public’s eye despite its huge costs and risks.
Read more...Private Equity Asset-Stripping Strategy Meets Charter Schools to Produce Even Better Looting
Tax-free junk bonds. High real estate and transactions fees. High consultants’ fees. Lack of transparency. A charter school Ponzi scheme.
Read more...Nicholas Shaxson: Why a ‘Competitive’ Economy Means Less Competition
Nicholas Shaxson explains how a “Competitiveness Agenda” is being used to set industrial policies that favor the creation of what used to be called “national champions,” as in Really Big Companies. Never mind that neoliberals officially oppose anything so interventionist as industrial policy….
Read more...Is Everything Carly Fiorina Says a Lie, Including “And” and “The”?
Carly Fiorina’s elastic notion of the truth and toxic leadership.
Read more...SEC’s Mary Jo White Plots to Oust Effective Accounting Regulator, in Face of Escalating Criticism Over Conflicts
The evidence that SEC Chairman Mary Jo White needs to go becomes more overwhelming with every passing day.
Read more...Iran Deal May Redefine The Middle East
A detailed discussion of how the US-Iran nuclear agreement is leading to considerable changes in alliances and priorities in the Middle East.
Read more...The History of Witchhunts and Their Relevance to the Present Day
Primitive accumulation, the peasant wars, and witchhunts as a means of social control.
Read more...John Helmer: MH17 – The Lie to End All Truths, and New Evidence
Helmer concludes his series on the evidence in MH17 crash, and argues that it is inconsistent with a Buk missile having downed the plane.
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