Plutocracy

Lawrence Lessig Has a “Moonshot” Plan to Halt Our Slide Toward Plutocracy

Harvard’s Lawrence Lessig, the crusader for campaign finance reform, feels that his fellow reformers don’t think big or boldly enough…

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A Plutocracy Ruled by Self-Centered Jerks?

A Plutocracy Ruled by Self-Centered Jerks? (via Moyers & Company) Two studies released last week confirmed what most of us…

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Gallup Satisfaction Poll: Americans Must Be in Denial

In today’s Gallup poll on U.S. satisfaction, they made the following conclusion about our declining satisfaction with leadership on the…

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Global Capital and the Nation State

Global Capital and the Nation State (via www.laprogressive.com) As global capital becomes ever more powerful, giant corporations are holding governments…

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Where is the Outrage?

We’ve not even finished the Memorial Day weekend and there is yet another Mitt Romney moving target for American voters.…

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