economic - Dangerous Intersection

The idea of a benevolent “Free Market” is exposed as a dangerous fraud

Post author:Erich Vieth
Post published:September 19, 2008
Post category:Economy ignorance Politics
Post comments:6 Comments

At a Salon.com article entitled "The corporate financiers are wrong," Joe Conason says the obvious about "free market" fanatics because it is necessary to say the obvious about "free market" fanatics, given that they've been so successful at promulgating their drivel. What is the obvious thing we now need to…

How much money have we spent to fight the so-called “war” in Iraq?

Post author:Erich Vieth
Post published:March 4, 2008
Post category:Corruption Economy Iraq Politics War
Post comments:14 Comments

A new Salon.com book review gives us the depressing and infuriating answers to how much the Iraq adventure is costing the citizens of the United States. The book, written by Joseph Stiglitz and Linda J. Bilmes, is titled "The Three Trillion Dollar War: The True Cost of the Iraq Conflict." In…

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