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The Economy of the Hamster

The Economy of the Hamster by Mauro Gallegati, WEA Books https://rwer.wordpress.com/2015/05/11/the-economy-of-the-hamster/ more at www.openculture.com, www.kickitover.org, www.worklessparty.org,...

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The Lie of the Weak State and Less Work is More

The good condition of German labor markets is in reality in a catastrophic state. Unemployment is an “act of violence” against every individual unemployed person. At the same time unemployment...

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Unlike a chair, an idea can be shared by a whole people

In his BookTV presentation for “The Rise of the Robots. On the Disappearance of Jobs in the Future,” the Silicon Valley software developer Martin Ford predicted that 30% of American jobs could be gone...

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Reduced Working Hours as a Socio-Economic Investment

Reduced Working Hours as a Socio-Economic Investment by Michael Schwendinger and Martin Risak, 2014 http://la.indymedia.org/news/2015/07/272143.php This economy condemns and enslaves. Reduced working...

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8 PROPOSALS ON TRANSNATIONAL CORPORATIONS (TNCs) AND HUMAN RIGHTS Global Campaign to Dismantle Corporate Power and Stop Impunity, www.tni.org June 2015, 7 pp...

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Environmental Groups File Lawsuit Challenging Shell Oil’s Risky and Reckless...

Agency gave Shell the stamp of approval to drill in fragile Arctic Ocean, despite threats Interior unlawfully approved Shell’s problem-riddled Arctic drilling plan. In doing this, it has failed the...

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Living and Working Differently and Self-Optimization

to read the articles by Ulrich Brand and Wilfried Gaum, click on http://la.indymedia.org/news/2015/08/272819.php Excessive consumption of natural resources destroys the environment and fuels climate...

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Memorandum 2014: Alternative Economic Policy

http://portland.indymedia.org/en/2014/07/427686.shtml Both Germany and the US follow an economic policy without enlightenment. Slight economic stimulation will not solve problems of mass unemployment...

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End Climate Crimes by Fabian Scheidler

End Climate Crimes by Fabian Scheidler http://la.indymedia.org/news/2015/10/291693.php THE PLANETARY LIMITS OF THE MEGA-MACHINE ARE REACHED/ THE TRANSFORMATION PROCESS WITH AN UNCERTAIN END In the 21st...

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Memorandum 2015 by the Alternative Economic Policy study group

Memorandum 2015 by the Alternative Economic Policy study group in Bremen, Germany http://portland.indymedia.org/en/2015/11/430890.shtml For 40 years, the Alternative Economic Policy study group has...

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The Crisis of Economists by Ulrike Herrmann

The mainstream economy doesn’t know what an argument is any more. Claims or assertions are made. This neoclassicism is not a science but resembles a religion that proclaims dogmas. Plural economists...

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New Ebook Anthology “Alternative Economics: Reversing Stagnation”

New 140-page ebook anthology “Alternative Economics: Reversing Stagnation” by Marc Batko, $2.99 from Amazon Kindle...

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Catch the Bern – The Impossible becomes the Inevitable

Hope, one world where many worlds fit and where everyone has a place (Zapatistas), is the radical hope of system change and is not incremental or cosmetic change Capitalism contains crisis as rain...

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The Financial Market Crisis in the Light of the Social Market Economy

to read Jorg Althammer’s article, click on http://portland.indymedia.org/en/2016/04/432012.shtml In 2007 and 2008 the US housing market almost completely collapsed. The crisis was brought about by a...

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Non-Profits versus Profit Maximization: For a New Social Housing Policy

Non-Profits versus Profit Maximization: For a New Social Housing Policy In the US, creating a non-profit or cooperative housing sector and long-term low interest loans are crucial remedies to...

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Happy Canada Day! 50% off in July

Happy Canada Day! Imagine a country without Wall Street and the Pentagon! 50% off in July on the new 159-page ebook anthology “Alternative Economics: Reversing Stagnation” from Smashwords.com....

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Bernie is the electable one!

Investor Rights Agreements are not trade agreements and governments that don’t allow agreements to be read by officials or the public should be shamed into economic democracy. Transparency should not...

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Growth Criticism and Reduced Working Hours by Heinz-J. Bontrup

http://portland.indymedia.org/en/2016/09/433178.shtml Today’s growth critics speak of the necessity of a post-growth, a “renunciation society” or at least of a “green” capitalist model. Meanwhile, 1.6...

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Profit-Making is Different than Profit-Maximizing by Ulrich Thielemann

Profit-Making is Different Than Profit-Maximizing by Ulrich Thielemann Feb 23rd, 2015 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2015/02/23/18768947.php Discussions of jobs and the economy are often marked by...

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Myth: The Public Service Sector is Inefficient and Much Too Expensive

Sven Hergovich is an Austrian economist who urges rethinking prosperity and the relation of economics and ecology. to read his article “Myth: The Public Service Sector is Inefficient and Much Too...

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