Tag Archives: The Rich

The United States Is Not a Democracy: Michael Gould-Wartofsky on How the 1% Has Rigged the Game

Posted on March 1, 2015 by Elaine Magliaro

By Elaine Magliaro Michael Gould-Wartofsky is the author of the book THE OCCUPIERS: The Making of the 99 Percent Movement, which was recently released by Oxford Press. Gould-Wartofsky is a PhD candidate in Sociology at New York University, holds a BA in Government from … Continue reading →

Posted in Campaign Finance, Conservatives, Countries, Democracy, Economic Policy, Economics, Government, Justice, Labor Movement, Liberals, Libertarians, Media, Neoconservatives, Neoliberals, Oligarchy, Politics, Propaganda, Ronald Reagan, Society, States, Tea Party, Wall Street | Tagged , , , | 14 Comments

“Losing Our Way”: Bob Herbert Talks with Bill Moyers about How America Has Become a Country with an Abundance of Wealth and a Serious Problem with Income Inequality (VIDEO)

Posted on October 16, 2014 by Elaine Magliaro

  By Elaine Magliaro Back in 2011, Bob Herbert, who was then a columnist for the New York Times, wrote an op-ed for the paper titled Losing Our Way. In his column, Herbert looked at the income inequality plaguing the … Continue reading →

Posted in Democracy, Economics, Justice, Oligarchy, Society, United States | Tagged , , | 7 Comments