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Cyprus Should Split (With Greece In Tow)
by Nick Glossop on March 27, 2013
…just take a look at what the Eurocrats have done: They say they will loan Cyprus €10 billion provided that the Cypriot government seizes billions in deposits from two private banks. Set aside the ethics of seizing deposits. How can Cyprus repay the loan? According to the CIA factbook Cyprus’ estimated 2012 GDP, at the official Euro exchange rate, is 22.45 billion dollars. At 1.28 dollars to the
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Richard Wolff In Excellent Form (with Bill Moyers)
by Nick Glossop on February 25, 2013
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Big-Box Retail Unraveling
by Nick Glossop on February 20, 2013
The Era Of Giant Chain Stores Is Over — And They’ve Ruined America
The unintended consequence of [chain store] victories through the 1970s and beyond was the total destruction of local economic networks, that is, Main Streets and downtowns, in effect destroying many of their own livelihoods. Wasn’t that a bargain, though?
Despite the obvious damage now visible in the entropic desolation of every American home town, WalMart managed to
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Majority Report: Why The US Senate Chose To Stay Broken
by Nick Glossop on February 19, 2013
At some point, you just go GET those F….g votes.
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LIBOR – The Financial Sector Rots From The Head
by Nick Glossop on February 15, 2013
I want to stress the importance of this. You see, neoliberalism and free markets, which is the mantra that we’ve been listening to and hearing for decades, pivots on the banks and the financial system. This is where it’s supposed to be free. This is the markets, these are the markets, and the institutions are supposed to be as free as possible. Well, they’re not. They’re actually managing this rate,
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Idle No More On Al Jazeera
by Nick Glossop on January 30, 2013
Canada’s native winter
Al Jazeera’s The Stream takes a look at Idle No More and Canada’s winter of discontent.
And, yes, you do get a glimpse of our Andrew Loewen bent over the hood of a truck. …
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FBI vs. Occupy
by Nick Glossop on December 27, 2012
This is What Counterterrorism Looks Like
Part 2
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Ranting London Cabbie Chunky Mark on Gaza
by Andrew Loewen on November 18, 2012
Putting a language warning on this would be like putting a “spicy” label on a vial of strychnine. If Rick Mercer rants, I don’t know what we call this. When his voice cracks at the end, he got me. But if you don’t appreciate F-bombs, move along.
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The Nobel Fraud In Economics
by Nick Glossop on October 22, 2012
The Nobel Prize in Economics? There Is No Nobel Prize in Economics
The five real Nobel Prizes—physics, chemistry, literature, peace, and medicine/physiology—were set up in the will left by the dynamite magnate when he died in 1895. The economics prize is a bit different. It was created by Sweden’s Central Bank in 1969, nearly 75 years later. The award’s real name is the “Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in
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