- The US Economic System Doesn’t Just Allow Poverty -- It Generates Poverty https://truthout.org/audio/the-us-economic-system-doesnt-just-allow-poverty-it-generates-poverty/ 153 comments economy
- ‘Struggling to tread water’: Dairy farmers are caught in an economic system with no winning formula https://www.jsonline.com/in-depth/news/special-reports/dairy-crisis/2019/05/16/wisconsin-dairy-farms-closing-milk-prices-drop-economics-get-tough/3508060002/ 13 comments politics
- Creating a dynamic economy system for a game.. (need economic advice) https://www.reddit.com/r/economy/comments/6u99t1/creating_a_dynamic_economy_system_for_a_game_need/ 12 comments economy
- Young People's Unhappiness Comes from Our Broken Economic System -- And They Shouldn't Shut Up About It http://www.alternet.org/culture/young-peoples-unhappiness-comes-our-broken-economic-system-and-they-shouldnt-shut-about-it 1623 comments politics
- The Effects of a Blockchain-based CBDC System on Inclusion, Innovation, and Economic Performance. https://www.algorand.com/resources/blog/blockchain-cbdc-inclusion-innovation-economic-performance 4 comments cryptocurrency
- The Majority Of People Now Believe The Economic And Political System Is Failing Them http://fortune.com/2017/01/15/economy-political-system-post-truth/ 60 comments economy
- Reproductive Justice Is Economic Justice: It is time for America to create a Medicare for All health system https://www.commondreams.org/views/2020/07/10/reproductive-justice-economic-justice 6 comments politics
- Systemic racism slows down economic growth, Dallas Fed chief says https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-fed/systemic-racism-slows-down-economic-growth-dallas-fed-chief-says-iduskbn23l0lb 9 comments politics
- Bernie Sanders: Coronavirus epidemic reveals the flaws in our health care and economic systems - CNN https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/15/opinions/bernie-sanders-opinion-coronavirus-health-care-economic-system-flaws/index.html 3 comments politics
- Neoliberalism has brought out the worst in us:An economic system that rewards psychopathic personality traits has changed our ethics and our personalities http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/sep/29/neoliberalism-economic-system-ethics-personality-psychopathicsthic 175 comments europe
- Energy return on investment is too low to maintain current economic system http://oilprice.com/finance/the-economy/energy-return-on-investment-is-too-low-to-maintain-current-economic-system.html 3 comments economy
- We have become slaves to our economic system and its need for growth, even though it destroys us and our planet. http://www.soundinthedark.com/slaves-to-our-own-system-growth-i/ 456 comments philosophy
- 73% of Millennials agree "the economic system in this country unfairly favors the wealthy", 72% favor increasing the tax rate on Americans earning more than $1 million a year http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2012/05/snapshot052112.html 996 comments politics
- Prof. Richard Wolff: We have a "failed economic system" - To fix it, we must tax the wealthy http://www.americablog.com/2012/03/prof-richard-wolff-we-have-failed.html 199 comments politics
- A top Trump economic adviser says he doesn't believe systemic racism exists in the US and adds 'law and order is good for growth' https://www.businessinsider.com/kudlow-systemic-racism-doesnt-exists-trump-economic-adviser-in-us-2020-6 24 comments politics
- Most Americans say U.S. economic system is unfair, but high-income Republicans disagree http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2016/02/10/most-americans-say-u-s-economic-system-is-unfair-but-high-income-republicans-disagree/ 10 comments politics
- Today's twenty-somethings aren't apathetic or opportunistic. They're just trying to survive an economic system that has saddled them with inescapable student debt. https://www.commondreams.org/view/2014/04/11-9 97 comments politics
- Pope Attacks Global Economics For Worshipping 'God Of Money' : "We have to say no to his throwaway culture. We want a just system that helps everyone." http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-rt-us-pope-economy-20130922,0,5622284.story 15 comments politics
- If bitcoin is going sideways for the next 2 years, do yourself a favor and take the time to learn about Austrian economics, Libertarianism, free markets, and the broken fiat system with these books https://www.bitrawr.com/bitcoin/top-10-books-to-learn-about-bitcoin 112 comments bitcoin
- The Power of the Fed - When COVID-19 struck, the Federal Reserve stepped in to try to avert economic crisis. As the country’s central bank continues to pump billions of dollars into the financial system daily, who is benefiting and at what cost? https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/film/the-power-of-the-fed/ 11 comments politics
- Climate crisis is 'challenge of civilisation', says pope | The climate emergency is a “challenge of civilisation” requiring sweeping changes to economic systems, but political leaders have not done enough, the pope has said in a message to governments meeting at COP25 https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/dec/05/climate-crisis-is-challenge-of-civilisation-says-pope 9 comments worldnews
- Italy mafia networks are more complex and powerful, says minister - Interior minister Luciana Lamorgese says gangs have infiltrated economic systems https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/oct/30/italy-mafia-networks-are-more-complex-and-powerful-says-minister 18 comments worldnews
- Time to Rebel - The corporate forces that have seized control of our political and economic systems will, unchecked, drive us into extinction for profit. All we have left is nonviolent, disruptive civil disobedience. A rebellion. https://www.commondreams.org/views/2019/10/07/time-rebel 38 comments politics
- Climate and economic risks 'threaten 2008-style systemic collapse' | The gathering storm of human-caused threats to climate, nature and economy pose a danger of systemic collapse comparable to the 2008 financial crisis, according to a new report https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/feb/12/climate-and-economic-risks-threaten-2008-style-systemic-collapse 14 comments worldnews
- Dear Rest of the World, Even though our political and economic systems are fucked, please don't judge us Americans by the abhorrent actions of a few. Many of us regular people support being environmentally friendly, equality and actual human decency. http://www.al.com/news/index.ssf/2018/06/us_poised_to_withdraw_from_uni.html 11 comments politics
- The National Bureau of Economic Research reports that there’s significant systemic error in the data on the LGBT population: “We find substantial under-reporting of LGBT identity and behaviors as well as underreporting of anti-gay sentiment ... even under anonymous and very private conditions.” http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2016/04/branding-queerness-the-curious-case-of-fun-home/479532/ 5 comments politics
- Caste based discrimination leads to extreme exclusion, dehumanization and economic impoverishment, according to a new UN report. At least 250 million people worldwide still face appalling and dehumanizing discrimination based on caste and similar systems of inherited status. http://www.telesurtv.net/english/news/un-caste-systems-violate-human-rights-of-250-million-worldwide-20160323-0022.html 5 comments worldnews
- Wealthy Cabals Run America, And Oligarchs Aren't Even Trying to Hide Their Influence Anymore -- "Capitalism is more than just an economic regime. It’s a total social system, and it’s ruled by a small class of people, not elected representatives as such." http://america.aljazeera.com/opinions/2016/1/wealthy-cabals-run-america.html?utm_content=opinion&utm_campaign=ajam&utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=socialflow 29 comments politics
- Bernie Sanders says that he's getting a boost in the polls because "people are saying enough is enough" when it comes to America's political and economic systems. http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/bernie-sanders-people-are-saying-enough-enough-n408836 1978 comments politics
- What if a losing team could simply change the scoring system so it looked like it was winning? That's what Republicans in Congress recently decided to do after 35 years of pushing a losing policy of trickle-down economics. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/frank-clemente/when-congress-cooks-the-b_b_6444352.html?utm_hp_ref=politics 1188 comments politics
- The Biggest Engine of Economic Growth? 8 Ways Taxpayers and the Government Are Necessary to Capitalism: Almost everything the American capitalist system needs is provided by taxpayer dollars and government action. http://www.alternet.org/story/154538/the_biggest_engine_of_economic_growth_8_ways_taxpayers_and_the_government_are_necessary_to_capitalism/?page=entire 3 comments politics
- I'm extremely disappointed in The Economist: "... the Occupy movement is itself fueled by a conspiracy theory: that the richest 1% have conspired to capture the political system and use it to bend the economic system to their exclusive advantage." http://www.economist.com/blogs/democracyinamerica/2011/11/occupy-wall-street-2?fsrc=scn/fb/wl/bl/conspiracytheorieswolf 7 comments politics
- We May Be Witnessing the First Large Global Conflict Where People Are Aligned by Consciousness and Not Nation State or Religion: They're fighting a "corporatocracy" that has bought governments, created armed enforcers, engaged in systemic economic fraud, and plundered treasuries and ecosystems. http://www.alternet.org/vision/152932/we_may_be_witnessing_the_first_large_global_conflict_where_people_are_aligned_by_consciousness_and_not_nation_state_or_religion/?page=entire 61 comments politics
- "The United Nations warned on Wednesday [25 May 2011] of a possible crisis of confidence in, and even a 'collapse' of, the U.S. dollar if its value against other currencies continued to decline . . . the U.N. economic division said such a development . . . would imperil the global financial system." http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/05/25/us-economy-un-idustre74o6ei20110525 720 comments worldnews
- American Conservatives, American Republicans: Enablers of systemic economic FRAUD, busting labor unions, TAXING the poor, War on Women, shutting down the U.S. Government, petty ideological battles; how much are you going to take America? http://my.firedoglake.com/karenm/2011/04/08/womb-envy-government-shutdown-threatened-by-republicans-over-planned-parenthood/ 17 comments politics
- Don't be fooled by reports of how great Canada's banking system is and how sound their economics are. The reality of their economy is quite a bit different, and they are on the verge of a major collapse. http://dannymendlow.wordpress.com/2010/05/28/canadian-banks-doing-fine-in-related-news-canadian-people-getting-fucked-by-canadian-banks 8 comments worldnews
- The convergence between libertarianism and high-tech has created the true revenge of the nerds: Those whose greatest strengths have not been the comprehension of social systems, the humanities, or economics have started shaping public policy. http://motherjones.com/politics/1996/07/cyberselfish 8 comments philosophy
- Howard Zinn: I believe in democratic socialism. We need a society where the motive for the economic system is not corporate profit but the motive is the welfare of people (w/videos) http://mrzine.monthlyreview.org/2010/zinn280110.html 255 comments politics
- The fall of US, will lead the whole planet to an unprecedented economic, social, political and strategic instability, and breakdown of the global monetary system by mid 2009. http://www.leap2020.eu/geab-n-29-is-available!-phase-iv-of-the-global-systemic-crisis-breakdown-of-the-global-monetary-system-by-summer-2009_a2435.html 3 comments politics
- For us to force our preferred economic & political system on Cuba when Castro dies is against the right of self-determination, another injustice done to a nation that has suffered enough at our hands. http://www.theseminal.com/2008/01/10/cold-war-attitudes-in-a-warming-world/ 16 comments politics