By Robert Reich* -Newsweek Millionaires are wailing that Elizabeth Warren’s and Bernie Sanders’s wealth tax proposals are attacks on free market capitalism. Warren “vilifies successful people,” says Jamie Dimon, CEO of JPMorgan Chase.
By Kenneth Katzman(*) – LobeLog (**) The objective of any sanctions regime is not to punish the target country or weaken its economy as an end in itself. Rather, a sanctions campaign—including the Trump Administration’s policy of “maximum pressure” on Iran—is meant to…
By Vijay Prashad* -Globetrotter., New Frame, Johannesburg The Political Tide Sweeping South America Won’t Accept Predatory Capitalism Neoliberalism has wrecked the world. It is why the people of South America are taking to the streets and the ballot box to advocate…
By Ellen Brown* – Truthdig What’s going on in the repo market? Rates on repurchase (“repo”) agreements should be about 2%, in line with the Federal Reserve funds rate.
By Editorial Board – The Washington Post SAUDI CROWN Prince Mohammed bin Salman appears confident he has overcome the international backlash that followed the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi 13 months ago. Last week, the annual investment conference the kingdom…
By Shaun Walker* – The Guardian The philanthropist who has spent billions promoting democracy talks populism, Trump and powerful enemies Around three decades ago, George Soros was introduced to a brash property magnate over dinner at a country house in the Catskills…
By Selam Gebrekidan, Matt Apuzzo(*) and Benjamin Novak – The New York Times The European Union spends $65 billion a year subsidizing agriculture. But a chunk of that money emboldens strongmen, enriches politicians and finances corrupt dealing. CSAKVAR, Hungary — Under…
By Hazel Henderson* From the VC “masters of the universe” on Sand Hill Road and Y Combinator to the social media FAANG monopolists to the adolescent male libertarian bros with their internet startups — all share the fundamentalist faith in electricity. Rarely did…
David Miliband and Luis Alberto Moreno (*) – Newsweek By the end of 2019, more than 40 million people from Latin America and the Caribbean will be living outside their countries of birth according to estimates from the United Nations, comprising a rapidly rising share of the…
By Audrey Wilson – Foreign Policy Chile Move Jeopardizes U.n. Climate Summit President Sebastián Piñera’s decision to back out of hosting the U.n. COP25 summit may aggravate tensions with protesters in Santiago Grappling with mass protests, Chilean President Sebastián Piñera…
