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Professor Natasha Dow Schüll and Chris Hedges discuss how "casino capitalism" is designed to keep people away from "a position where they [can] act as decision-making subjects." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
By Henry A. Giroux / CounterPunchFeb 25, 2016
As economist Michael Yates points out throughout his new book, "The Great Inequality," capitalism is devoid of any sense of social responsibility and is driven by an unchecked desire to accumulate at all costs. Dig deeper ( 12 Min. Read )
By Amy Goodman and Denis MoynihanOct 15, 2015
"We are live at the Wynn Resort in Las Vegas!" So opened the first Democratic presidential debate of the 2016 electoral season -- that's right, in a Las Vegas casino. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
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By Michael Nevradakis, TruthoutOct 23, 2014
We're talking about an ideology marked by the selling off of public goods to private interests; the attack on social provisions; the rise of the corporate state; the celebration of profit-making as the essence of democracy; and with the utterly reductionist notion that consumption is the only applicable form of citizenship. Dig deeper ( 17 Min. Read )
By Henry A. Giroux, CounterPunchAug 29, 2014
When our inner worlds work under the death-haunted dictates of casino capitalism, the Apocalypse is embraced as if it functioned exclusively as a form of entertainment, rather than providing a warning about the rise of militarism, the killing of civilians, and religious and political fundamentalisms. Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )
By Henry A. Giroux, TruthoutDec 19, 2013
As the visibility of extreme violence is endlessly reproduced in various cultural apparatuses and screen cultures, it functions increasingly, alongside a range of other economic and political forces, to legitimate a culture of cruelty and disposability in everyday life. Dig deeper ( 16 Min. Read )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigNov 22, 2013
Truthout and Truthdig contributor and revolutionary firebrand Henry Giroux appeared on "Moyers & Company" on Friday to play the role of cultural pathologist and make the crises of global capitalism and democracy blindingly clear. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
By Mike Whitney, CounterPunchOct 13, 2013
Obama is determined to prevail in his battle with GOP leaders over the debt ceiling, but not for the reasons stated in the media. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )
By Henry A. Giroux, Monthly Review PressJun 27, 2013
Neoliberalism's ideology of competition strips schools of their civic and democratic project and hands them over to the logic of the market, helping to put authoritarianism, not democracy, on the rise in the United States in the twenty-first century. Dig deeper ( 25 Min. Read )
By Henry A. Giroux, TruthoutApr 30, 2012
The zombie phenomenon on display nightly on television alongside endless examples of destruction unfolding in real-time signals a shift away from the hope that accompanies the living to a politics of cynicism and despair. Dig deeper ( 30 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigAug 15, 2011
Economist and New York University professor Nouriel Roubini explains that globalization, reckless lending and borrowing, and the redirection of income and wealth from industries dependent upon human labor and well-being to those composed mainly of capital (more). Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
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