When you write a book called Age of Greed, as I have, the derision about the title begins immediately. How is this age any different than others? Greed is a …
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Global Economic Crisis: The End of the Recovery Policies Tried?
The International Monetary Fund, at its latest meeting, attempted to enforce the notion that the global economic crisis had come to an end.
This claim began to crumbleThe International Monetary …
The Tyranny of the Markets: When Chickens Come Home to Roost
The expression ‘The Markets’ refers to the enormous mass of finance capital that today dominates the global economy, and is composed of a myriad investors acting singly or combined into …
Read More »Tax Havens or Financial Sinkholes?
Tax havens have gotten a lot of press lately. In Britain, the UK Uncut movement has mounted demonstrations across the country against tax dodging by large corporations and wealthy individuals …
Read More »Disasters and Financial Markets: More fallout from Japan’s crises
In the midst of a catastrophe of unimaginable magnitude, with enormous humanitarian tragedies, the government has to concern itself with appeasing financial markets that will otherwise punish a society that …
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