Wednesday, December 18, 2024

Tag: capitalism

Economist Joseph Stiglitz: Capitalism hasn’t been working for most people for...

"We haven’t been challenged, to put it in a way. But we are being challenged now, because so many people have done so poorly."

Dimon in the rough

JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon's real concern is that America may end the kind of socialism he and other denizens of the Street depend on – bailouts, regulatory loopholes, and tax breaks.

Socialism for the rich, capitalism for the rest

Meanwhile, most Americans are subject to an increasingly harsh and arbitrary capitalism.

How Trump is killing capitalism

Answer: Corporate greed coupled with inept and corrupt regulators.

The big cheat of 2018: Corporations make billions in profits, demand...

These captains of American capitalism are brazenly ignoring their responsibility to their own nation, a nation in desperate need of funding for education and infrastructure and job training.

Columnist Thiessen, in calling AOC ‘economically illiterate,’ displays own economic ignorance

After all, while the brief bio at the end of his column doesn’t mention it, the newspaper he writes for is owned by Bezos, Amazon’s founder, CEO and the world’s richest man.

How a failing capitalist system is allowing Amazon to cripple America

In the most extreme form of capitalism taxes do not exist. This is called "anarcho-capitalism." Among all corporations, Amazon may be the leading advocate of this philosophy.

Trump wants socialism for the rich, harsh capitalism for the rest

Trump perfected the art of using bankruptcy to shield himself from the consequences of bad decisions – socialism for the rich at its worst – while leaving employees twisting in the wind.

Capitalist-style wealth gap: 1 tech guy = 1,000,000 teachers

Capitalism is a perfect system for people like this, who care only about making more money than everyone else, and fail to grasp the importance of a healthy, working society.

Capitalism is killing patients…and their physicians

Capitalism does not just threaten the health and well being of every human, but life on this earth as we know it.

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GOP-led states risk leaving 10 million children hungry by rejecting $1.14 billion summer food...

Twelve Republican-led states face a January 1 deadline to join the Summer EBT program, a lifeline for millions of hungry kids, as advocates urge governors to act amid rising food insecurity and economic challenges.

More than 120 House Democrats urge Biden to ratify Equal Rights Amendment as deadline...

Lawmakers push President Joe Biden to finalize a constitutional ban on sex discrimination while Republicans invoke past deadlines to stall progress.

Trump’s Cabinet picks aren’t just unqualified and inexperienced—they’re morally bankrupt

While every president has a right to select their own Cabinet appointees, the Senate also has the Constitutional authority to decide whether each nominee is fit to serve.

Endo’s end around: How one of the nation’s largest opioid makers escaped a $7...

Endo “came with a strategy purposely intended to reduce payments to opioid victims."

6 fracking Billionaires and climate denial groups behind Trump’s cabinet

Trump’s nominees are backed by major players in the world of climate obstruction – from Project 2025 and Koch network fixtures to oil-soaked Christian nationalists.