Category Archives: Economics

Koch Brothers Exposed: Robert Greenwald’s “Chilling” Updated Documentary about Charles and David Koch

Posted on May 21, 2014 by Elaine Magliaro

SUBMITTED BY ELAINE MAGLIARO According to Democracy Now!, Republicans don’t want people to see Robert Greenwald’s “chilling” updated documentary about Charles and David Koch—two of the world’s richest men. Democracy Now! reported earlier today that this past Monday “Republican Rep. … Continue reading →

Posted in Big Oil, Libertarians, Oligarchy, Politics, Propaganda, United States | Tagged , | 4 Comments

“Sons of Wichita”: New Book about Koch Brothers to Be Published This Week

Posted on May 20, 2014 by Elaine Magliaro

SUBMITTED BY ELAINE MAGLIARO A new book titled Sons of Wichita: The Saga of the Koch Brothers by Daniel Schulman, “which delves into the four sons of Fred Koch and the influence their oil industry leader and anti-communist father had on … Continue reading →

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Bill Moyers and Paul Krugman Talk about a Society of Inherited Wealth

Posted on April 20, 2014 by Elaine Magliaro

SUBMITTED BY ELAINE MAGLIARO Last week, Bill Moyers sat down with Paul Krugman on his program Moyers & Company. The two men discussed Thomas Piketty’s book Capital in the Twenty-First Century. Piketty’s book “shows that two-thirds of America’s increase in … Continue reading →

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THE DIVIDE: Matt Taibbi Talks about Unequal Justice in the Age of Inequality

Posted on April 17, 2014 by Elaine Magliaro

BY ELAINE MAGLIARO Back in February 2011, Matt Taibbi wrote an article for Rolling Stone titled Why Isn’t Wall Street in Jail? In his article, he said that “financial crooks” brought down the world’s economy—yet the feds were doing more … Continue reading →

Posted in Crime, DOJ, Financial, Fraud, Law Enforcement, Prison, United States, Wall Street | Tagged , , | 5 Comments

New Media Alert: Nate Silver’s FiveThirtyEight

Posted on March 18, 2014 by Gene Howington

Slashdot is reporting that superstar statistician Nate Silver has officially launched his own website (another WordPress blog) call fivethirtyeight.com.  If you’re a fan of applied mathematics and/or infomatics or just really interested in the numbers behind the news, it is … Continue reading →

Posted in Economics, Government, Media, Political Science, Politics, Propaganda, Society | Tagged | 22 Comments

Chevron Going after a Political Cartoonist for Satirical Video He Made with Amazon Watch

Posted on February 6, 2014 by Elaine Magliaro

BY ELAINE MAGLIARO Lindsay Abrams posted an interesting article about the Chevron Corporation at Salon yesterday. According to Abrams, one of the world’s largest oil companies is “desperate” to avoid paying billions of dollars in damages for the contamination in … Continue reading →

Posted in Animation, Big Oil, Civil Liberties, Ecuador, Energy Policy, Fascists/Corporatists, Free Speech, Oligarchy, United Kingdom | 40 Comments