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Tag Archives: economics
Anarchy – Mission, Feasibility, and Implimentation
I remember when I first realized that the notions I had regarding politics and social affairs could most closely be called Anarchy. I was in one of my Spanish literature class (to my delight my second major, Spanish, was filled … Continue reading
Posted in General Philosophies
Tagged anarchy, building codes, capitalism, chomsky, democracy, democratic republic, direct democracy, economics, freedom, fundamentalist, fundamentals, government, Hobbes, ideal, liberterian socialism, liberty, Locke, loyalty, malatesta, morality, morals, nationalism, Noam Chomsky, politics, republic, socialism, solutions, spirituality, system, thought, Virginia Wolfe
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Giving The Economist More Grief
Yesterday I left this comment on this article from The Economist: A “new normal” for the world economy: After the storm. I love how for years Economist decried any sort of government intervention as the macro-economy deteriorated, but as soon … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events
Tagged capacity, capital, capitalism, commodities, crash, crisis, David Harvey, economics, Economist, economy, finance, growth, Harvey, intervention, macroeconomy, Marx, money, neoliberal, normal, overaccumulation, postmodernity, privatization, production, recession, social order, speculation, TARP, unemployment
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Why Obama Matters
Egypt and global Islam – The battle for a religion’s heart I normally hate The Economist for its condescending, pro-capitalist slant – even this article shows the lengths that this publication is willing to go to present the “other” as … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events
Tagged animosity, capitalism, diplomacy, economics, egypt, extremism, free speech, freedom, geopolitics, Islam, middle east, obama, politics, president, Qaradawi, strife, terrorism, the other, treason, war
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Malatesta – Anarchy Part III
This is a continuation of Anarchy Part I and Anarchy Part II, which Errico Malatesta called his greatest work… “…We know well how in social economy theories are too often invented to justify facts, that is, to defend privilege and … Continue reading
Posted in Quotes
Tagged agriculture, america, anarchism, anarchy, body politic, capitalism, control, economics, government, habits, history, life, malatesta, needs, parliament, politics, poverty, power, primitive, private power, private wealth, production, relationships, social relations, society, sociology
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The Future of the American Dream
This is an article I just read in The Nation which reflects many of the concerns and values in The Age of Humanity and proposes a socio-economic approach to kick America forward. http://www.thenation.com/doc/20090525/greider
Posted in Current Events
Tagged american dream, article, community, decision, direct democracy, direction, economics, elite, family, future, happiness, journalism, liberty, life, obama, participation, policy, politics, poor, recession, sacrifice, segregation, socio-economic, The Nation, trade-off, wealth, wealthy
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The Age of Humanity
“You were sick, but now you’re well, and there’s work to do” – Kilgore Trout Salaam! A new regime appears! It surfaces from the wasteland of the previous power, feeding and thriving on the toxicity deposited by the old authority. … Continue reading
Posted in Active Philosophy
Tagged Active Philosophy, art, capitalism, consumption, counterculture, cross, culture, dancing, death, destiny, economics, flag, freedom, genocide, hippies, humanity, hysteria, individuality, institutions, Kilgore Trout, Kurt Vonegut, life, logic, love, market, meaning, modernism, money, Music, new regime, New Sincerity, nihilism, postmodernism, private property, progress, revolution, science, society, spirit, suffering, the soul, threefold path, trade, universe, woodie gutherie, work, Zen
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Garbage Economics
We currently live in a world of thieves and crooks. Those that have, have a lot, and those that don’t, have nothing. The disparaging gap between the Have’s and the HaveNot’s is growing much too fast. As one of the … Continue reading
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Tagged capitalism, cars, crooks, economics, electronics, garbage, green, recycle, sustainability, thieves, trash
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