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YouTubeRalph Nader interviews Noam Chomsky
On Foreign Policy and Activism. Chomsky and Nader discuss war, activism, censorship and Israel-Palestine etc. From October, 2016.
WikipediaTrickle-down economics
Trickle-down economics, also referred to as trickle-down theory, is an economic principle that advocates reducing taxes on businesses and the wealthy in society as a means to stimulate business investment in the short term and benefit society at large in the long term. It is a form of laissez-faire capitalism in general and more specifically supply-side economics. Whereas general supply-side theory favors lowering taxes overall, trickle-down theory more specifically targets taxes on the upper end of the economic spectrum.
YouTubeNoam Chomsky Neoliberalism Is Destroying Our Democracy
How elites on both sides of the political spectrum have undermined our social, political and environmental commons.
MATTHIEURICARDAyn Rand: Is This the Right Model for a Great Nation?
President Donald Trump proudly proclaims that Ayn Rand is his favorite writer and that he admires her ideas. What does it mean when the United States of America…
HUFFINGTONPOSTEconomists Say We Should Tax The Rich At 90 Percent
America has been doing income taxes wrong for more than 50 years. All Americans, including the rich, would be better off if top tax rates went back to Eisenhower-era levels when the top federal income tax rate was 91 percent, according to a new working paper by Fabian Kindermann from the University of Bonn and Dirk Krueger from the University of Pennsylvania.
YouTubeJoseph Stiglitz: Smith's Invisible Hand a Myth?
Most widespread magical thinking in history: that if everyone act according to rational self-benefit everyone would be led to prosperity by an invisible hand.
HUFFINGTONPOSTRussell Brand Must Be Doing Something Right
Russell Brand has stepped into the political arena and is being made to pay a heavy price for it. Ever since his first and by now legendary Newsnight interview with Jeremy Paxman a year ago, the comedian and entertainer has come under attack from all and sundry, with words such as 'irresponsible', 'naive', self aggrandising', 'incoherent', and even 'bumhole' being thrown at him like verbal hand grenades.
NATUREFutures market: Wall Street's thirst for water
Moves towards a global water commodities market must be stopped. It will push the price of food far beyond the peaks of the past five years, warns Frederick Kaufman.
New StatesmanH G Wells: “It seems to me that I am more to the Left than you, Mr Stalin”
In 1934, Wells arrived in Moscow to meet a group of Soviet writers. While there Stalin granted him an interview.
Nautil.usTo a Cigarette Maker, Your Life Is Worth About $10,000
If you had to put a price on your life, what cash amount do you think it would be? What about $100,000?
GIZMODODo We Have a Legal Right to Light?
With supertall towers popping up along Central Park's southern edge like wildly expensive luxury mushrooms, Manhattan's largest park is about to be cast into shadow—some as long as half a mile. The real estate boom is stirring up a debate: Do we have a right to light?
INDEPENDENTMargaret Thatcher is the worst prime minister in 100 years
Margaret Thatcher has been named the worst Prime Minister of the last 100 years, closely beating fellow Conservative David Cameron in a new survey of leading…
TheAtlanticThe Cheapest Generation
Why Millennials aren’t buying cars or houses, and what that means for the economy. There is also a discussion on YCombinator's Hacker News about the article.
ALTERNETThe GOP is a Radical Insurgency
Noam Chomsky: GOP Is ‘No Longer a Normal Political Party’ But a ‘Radical Insurgency’ “It’s important to recognize that they are no longer a normal political party."
Vancouver SunPrescient professor Chomsky more right than wrong
Noam Chomsky, a professor emeritus at MIT who has been exploring “beyond the bounds of thinkable thought” for almost five decades. The New York Times once described him as “the most important intellectual alive.” His new book is titled Masters of Mankind: Essays and Lectures, 1969-2013.
TRUTH-OUTSocialism for the Rich, Capitalism for the Poor
An Interview With Noam Chomsky. "Concentration of wealth leads naturally to concentration of power, which in turn translates to legislation favoring the interests of the rich and powerful and thereby increasing even further the concentration of power and wealth. Various political measures, such as fiscal policy, deregulation, and rules for corporate governance are designed to increase the concentration of wealth and power. And that's what we've been seeing during the neoliberal era. It is a vicious cycle in constant progress. The state is there to provide security and support to the interests of the privileged and powerful sectors in society while the rest of the population is left to experience the brutal reality of capitalism. Socialism for the rich, capitalism for the poor." — Noam Chomsky
YouTubeNoam Chomsky and Amy Goodman Discuss Inequality
The two will talk about the unprecedented rate of inequality as examined in Chomsky's newest book (and documentary film), Requiem for the American Dream: The 10 Principles of Concentration of Wealth & Power.
ChomskyDemocracy Is a Threat to Any Power System
Noam Chomsky interviewed by John Nichols in March 13, 2015, at the Tucson Festival of Books.
DEMOCRACYNOWOliver Stone Interview
Oliver Stone on the Untold U.S. History from the Atomic Age to Vietnam to Obama’s Drone Wars. // Academy Award-winning Oliver Stone has teamed up with historian Peter Kuznick to produce a 10-part Showtime series called “Oliver Stone’s Untold History of the United States.” Drawing on archival findings and recently declassified documents, the filmmakers critically examine U.S. history, from the atomic bombing of Japan to the Cold War, to the fall of communism, and continuing all the way through to the Obama administration.
TEDHow economic inequality harms societies
We feel instinctively that societies with huge income gaps are somehow going wrong. Richard Wilkinson charts the hard data on economic inequality, and shows what gets worse when rich and poor are too far apart: real effects on health, lifespan, even such basic values as trust.
dissentWhat Exactly Is Neoliberalism?
What are the political consequences of viewing the world as an enormous marketplace.
MONBIOTEverything Must Go
Economic growth will destroy everything. There’s no way of greening it – we need a new system.
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