Entries Tagged as 'History Lessons'

Push Comes to Shove

April 10th, 2008 · No Comments

It’s a particular human quality to react to disaster rather than take action to avoid it. The environmental crisis of climate change, a very real threat to the existence of the human species, is hardly near the top of any list of actions we humans and our governments take.
But as that climate crisis gets more […]

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Tags: Climate change · Development · Growth · History Lessons

Does Capitalism Actually Work?

March 18th, 2008 · No Comments

If 20% of Americans hold almost all wealth (85%), if one in five American children live in poverty, if people routinely pay 50% or more of their income for a place to live, if fewer than half of all Americans can afford to own their own home, and if one out of every 100 Americans […]

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Tags: Corporate control · Economics · History Lessons