Category: Economics/Class Relations

What EVERYONE got WRONG about Trump

In this raw, honest analysis of Trump’s electoral success and the Democratic Party’s failures, I look at the real reasons behind why Trump won – and they’re not what most people think. Coming from someone who’s been on both sides of populist movements (Brexit), I break down why […]

Peter Thiel is a Vampire

The Strange Story of Peter Thiel – Part Three The Corbett Report Nov 10, 2024 by James Corbett corbettreport.com November 10, 2024 If you’ve read “The Strange Story of Peter Thiel,” then you’ll know all about how this deep state-connected “PayPal Mafia” don rose to financial prominence on […]

Billionaire BlackRock CEO: ‘Doesn’t matter’ who wins US election; Trump & Kamala Harris benefit Wall Street

Billionaire BlackRock CEO Larry Fink said it “really doesn’t matter” who wins the US presidential election, because both Donald Trump and Kamala Harris will be good for Wall Street. Academic studies show the USA is not a democracy but an oligarchy. By Ben Norton Published TwitterFacebookWhatsAppTelegramWeChat Email The […]

The New Revolutionary Class

By Joel Kotkin October 30, 2024/in Urban Affairs No power on earth is more fearsome than a highly educated class that faces a constrained, even dismal, future. Such people have played a role in revolutionary upheavals in Europe, Russia, and Latin America—and could potentially do so here in […]

Capitalism is Mapping a New Course

Troy Southgate Oct 29, 2024 ONE particular Marxist interpretation of the so-called ‘free market,’ and an observation that I happen to share, is that capitalists have been perpetuating a huge contradiction for quite some time. I am taking about ‘relations between things’ and ‘relations between people’. Commodities are […]

A Tsunami Approaches

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2024 Freedom cannot be won without sacrifice. If you set a high value on her, everything else must be valued at little. –  Seneca, Letters from a Stoic [circa 65 AD] HORNBERGER’S BLOG October 28, 2024 No One Is Coming to Get Us In a national-security […]

Buying Politicians is Easy

The Strange Story of Peter Thiel – Part Two The Corbett Report Oct 27, 2024 by James Corbett corbettreport.com October 27, 2024 Last week, in “The Strange Story of Peter Thiel,” I examined Thiel’s history, from his upbringing in a globe-trotting family to his years at Stanford to […]

An Illusion of Philanthropy

by Hans Vogel Hans Vogel Oct 27, 2024 Hans Vogel outlines the historical rise of robber barons and their legacy of influence through modern-day globalist philanthropy, showing how charitable foundations and NGOs, guided by the money-driven mindset of their predecessors, now shape international agendas on issues from climate […]

What Is Usha Vance Thinking?

October 24, 2024 Since Usha Vance arrived on the national stage this summer, when her husband, J.D., was named to the Republican ticket, she’s been the target of a particular liberal disorder: projecting tangled allegiances and quiet resistance onto the non-elected women in Trump’s orbit. There is some […]

The Strange Story of Peter Thiel

The Corbett Report Oct 20, 2024 by James Corbett corbettreport.com October 20, 2024 What do you call someone who identifies as a “vegetarian” but who consistently chows down on veal, mutton and ribeye steaks? Whatever you call that person, it’s not “vegetarian.” And what do you call someone […]

Geoism

By Cake Boy We have studied anarchism for a couple of weeks. I tried to formulate a new anarchism. An anarchism past the dimensions of woke leftism and neoliberal capitalist hegemony. This, then, would be a pluralist anarchism. We have seen that there would be positive sides to […]

The Secret History of Neoliberalism (w/ George Monbiot)

Support my independent journalism at Substack: https://chrishedges.substack.com/ Follow me on social media: https://linktr.ee/chrishedges Author George Monbiot joins host Chris Hedges to discuss the book “Invisible Doctrine: The Secret History of Neoliberalism,” written by Monbiot and Peter Hutchinson. Together, they tackle the truths of neoliberalism, including its origins in […]

When Everything Spaghettifies

Could ideological polarization, gender divides, and wealth disparity signal that the singularity is near? J.K. Lund Oct 10, 2024 Risk & Progress| A hub for essays that explore risk, human progress, and your potential. My mission is to educate, inspire, and invest in concepts that promote a better […]

Wilhelm Röpke’s “A Humane Economy”

By James Thornton|October 9th, 2024|Categories: Books, Economics, Political Economy, Timeless Essays, Wilhelm Roepke|Tags: 1IR Wilhelm Röpke maintained that freedom depends upon certain social and moral factors, which are essential for a free enterprise system to be successful, enduring, and truly free. A Humane Economy: The Social Framework of […]