Yaron Brook appears on CBS 2 Chicago's Monsters & Money in the Morning to explain why capitalism is not to blame for the ongoing financial crisis.
Source:
http://cbs2chicago.com/video/?id=71894@wbbm.dayport.com
It is not in capitalism's DNA to care about the death of the earth.
Nor is it in the brain chemistry of an American satiated on prime beef and sailing across the landscape at 70 miles per hour in a $40,000, steel exoskeleton from General Motors, to care. Hominid gratification is what it is -- hard wired -- and there is no circumventing it.
Source:
http://www.smirkingchimp.com/thread/joe-bageant/28713/lost-on-the-fearless-plain
In this wide-ranging interview, Murdoch discusses his rise from proprietor of the Adelaide News at age 22 (on the death of his father) to international media mogul.
Weighing in on topics as varied as capitalism, feature films, China, and Google, the conversation invariably returns to newspapers and journalism.
Leftists are pouring into town to rail against freewheeling capitalism during the World Social Forum, gleefully cheering the humbling of bankers and business titans by the global economic meltdown.
The 10-year-old conference is the left's counter to the World Economic Forum at Davos.
Source:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100126/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/lt_brazil_social_forum
Grim Outlook On the Economy Right Before the Elections
As retail sales decline, manufacturing slows and unemployment benefit claims rise, the economic situation looks more grim by the day.
Rises in the stock market that show a glimmer of hope are invariably followed by dips. The housing markets declines steadily and the recession shows signs of lingering well into next year. George Bush has called for a mid November summit to discuss the inter
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http://inspiredeconomist.com/2008/10/22/election-coundown-socialism-vs-capitalism/
