Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump redefining gatekeepers
The gatekeepers of the American plutocracy, the Republican Party, the Corporate Media, and the Corporate Wing of the Democratic party are petrified. The tools that they have used to control and indoctrinate Americans are falling apart. The Powell Manifesto, the…
The persistence of poverty in the Arab world
2016 ushered in the revamped United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which built on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) adopted in 2000. Poverty eradication is the number one developmental goal of both the MDGs and SDGs. Over the past two…
Retail Banking – In Tech We Trust
Retail Banking – In Tech We Trust by The Economist Intelligence Unit Executive Summary The digital revolution has moved from existential threat to potential survival strategy for the world’s retail banks. For the first time in three years, the post-crisis…
Too Much Debt, Too Much Capacity (Mal-Investment), Then Inevitable Bust
Too Much Debt, Too Much Capacity (Mal-Investment), Then Inevitable Bust The Western banks that financed commodity production are insolvent, though few yet realize it. Like the flawed analysis of the CDO market in 2007 the conventional view is that the…
Greek poverty and inequality must be fought, OECD report says
Paris (dpa) – The poverty and inequality that have arisen in Greece since the start of the financial crisis need to be addressed urgently, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) said in a report published Thursday. Spurring growth…
Stiglitz: Anger over ‘Failed Economy’ is shaping US election
Inequality is shaping the 2016 U.S. presidential election, as voters disillusioned by the financial crisis and Wall Street greed increasingly turn to populist candidates like Bernie Sanders, who has made economic inequality a central platform of his campaign, Nobel Prize-winning…
The Growing Disconnect Between Fundamentals And Headlines
The Growing Disconnect Between Fundamentals And Headlines by Francis Gannon, The Royce Funds While small-caps remain in a bear market and the world tries to gauge the condition of the global economy, we continue to focus on what we know…
Bernie Sanders & Donald Trump give me hope for several reasons (VIDEO)
Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump redefining gatekeepers Bernie Sanders’ win in Michigan yesterday illustrated a very important fact. As long as every American has a vote and uses the vote, they are still sovereign from the plutocracy. Virtually the entire…
Chomsky: Risk of ‘utter disaster’
Noam Chomsky spoke with Truthout. With all its flaws, America is still a very free and open society, by comparative standards. Elections surely matter. It would, in my opinion, be an utter disaster for the country, the world and future…
VW Threatens US Jobs If Company Fined For Cheating On Pollution Laws
Volkswagen warns America of the job losses its fines will cause The chief of Volkswagen’s employee council has expressed he hopes that American will bear in mind the potential fallout on jobs in the country as a result of the…