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The Disaster of Utopian Engineering

Chris Hedges / Truthdig Jan 28, 2020 Neoliberalism, the latest utopian project, aims at concentrating wealth in the hands of the few while reducing the many to peonage. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

A Capital Idea

Mr. Fish / Truthdig Dec 18, 2019 Dig deeper

‘Free Markets’ Will Be the End of the Middle Class

Marshall Auerback / Independent Media Institute Nov 5, 2019 Only by shedding the neoliberal shibboleths of the past 40 years can we create a sustainable industrial policy and an economy for all. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

Neoliberalism Has Met Its Match in China

Ellen Brown / Truthdig Aug 7, 2019 The escalating trade war comes down to a clash of two models. Here’s why the West’s may not stand to win. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

It’s the Green New Deal or Else

Paul Street / Truthdig Mar 13, 2019 Critics maintain that the legislation is too radical to be enacted into law. The climate science suggests it may not be radical enough. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

The Permanent Temp Economy

Louise Rubacky / Truthdig Jan 25, 2019 A chronicle of the rise of temporary work, from World War II to the present, shows how corporations maximize profit by dumping employees from payrolls. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

While China Picks Winners, Trump Picks Losers

Robert Reich / RobertReich.Org Apr 16, 2018 Republicans who for years have voted against subsidies for solar and wind power are now eager to have government subsidize coal. Meanwhile, China’s success in renewables grows. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Chris Hedges and Noam Chomsky: How the U.S. Became an Oligarchy That Makes War on the Middle Class

BLANK Jul 5, 2017 In the first of a two-part conversation, the two intellectuals discuss the shift in the U.S. and U.K. in the late 1970s toward neoliberalism, an ideology that Chomsky (pictured) says claims to increase freedom while actually increasing tyranny. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Naomi Klein: Expect ‘First Shocks of Trump’s Disaster Capitalism’

Natasha Hakimi Zapata / Truthdig Jan 25, 2017 The writer uses the Hurricane Katrina catastrophe to suggest the upcoming economic, security and weather calamities that Donald Trump and Mike Pence could both cause and exploit. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

What’s Yours Is Mine

Peter Richardson / Truthdig May 2, 2016 The Sharing Economy, epitomized by companies such as Uber and Airbnb, "is a movement for deregulation," Tom Slee writes "It's not about building an alternative to a corporate-driven market economy; it's about extending the deregulated free market into new areas of our lives" The Sharing Economy, epitomized by companies such as Uber and Airbnb, "is a movement for deregulation," Tom Slee writes". Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

The Problem With Markets: A Holiday Tale

Staff / Truthdig Dec 27, 2015 “Like all human institutions, markets have strengths and weaknesses,” writes economist Richard Wolff. Exalting them as if they were some ideal mechanism for distributing resources "should be rejected as the self-serving tool of societies' richest operated at the expense of everyone else.” Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )