Oligarchs

Romney a Nobody Among the Ultra-Wealthy, But Rich Enough to Stick Out as President

Jeffrey Winters | Posted 03.13.2012

Read More: Wealth Inequality, Income Inequality, Mitt Romney, Wealth Defense Industry, Elections 2012, Oligarchs, Oligarchy, Barack Obama, 2012 Election, Mitt Romney 2012, Politics News

If Mitt Romney is elected in 2012, he will be the richest American president since George Washington, who owned 300 slaves and vast tracts of land. Romney is ten times richer than the patrician George Bush and fifty times richer than Barack Obama.

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Hired DistrActivists

Paula Gordon | Posted 08.21.2011

Read More: Harry Frankfurt, David Koch, Charles Koch, Nancy Pelosi, John Birch, T.S.Elliot, Distractivists, Republicans, Grover Norquist, Kleptocrats, Oligarchs, Distraction, Sarah Palin, Civilization, Media News

All the media wants to hear about is a soon-to-be former Congressman whose self-absorption and bad judgement are remarkable even by current congressional standards. I don't understand professional journalists, with all the resources at their command, being so easily suckered.

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Life Is Rigged For Oligarchs As Well As Ordinary Russians

Robert Lenzner | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Corruption, Russia, Susan Richards, Oligarchs, Rigged, Khodokorvsy, Business News

In 2004 Mikhail Khodorkovsky was the richest man in Russia, according to Forbes, but Premier Vladimir Putin froze the shares of Yukos, his energy g...

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Egypt's Mobilization of the Last Minute

Jeffrey Winters | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Marcos, Egypt, Philippines, Suharto, Indonesia, Elites, Mubarak, Oligarchs, Mobilization, Susilo Bambang, Yodhoyono, Tahrir Square, Tienanman Square, World News

The Philippines, Indonesia, and Egypt have taught us that last minute mobilizations can achieve spectacular results. But they are no substitute for the long, difficult work of organizing grassroots movements.

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Bloomberg, Cathie Black, Bill Gates, and the Condescension of the Oligarchy

Leonie Haimson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Rupert Murdoch, Bill Gates, Patrick Sullivan, Oligarchs, Class Size, Teaching Profession, Michael Bloomberg, Cathie Black, Joel Klein, New York News

The oligarchy of corporate reformers and billionaires that is currently driving education policy in this country has launched a sharp attack on the whole concept of professionalism in the field of public education.

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Slaves of Wall Street

Jeffrey Abelson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Citizen Action, Anger, Aristocrats, Wall Street, Solon, Deliberative, Debt, Unrest, Democracy, Debt Slavery, Oligarchs, Athens, Greece, Rage, Meltdown, Politics News

Each time there's an eruption, ordinary people are the ones caught in the lava flow while the gods of high finance watch blissfully untouched from their own Mount Olympus.

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Mikhail Prokhorov, Russian Billionaire, Loses $53 Million Deposit On Super Mansion (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Russian-Oligarchs, Oligarchs, Russian Oligarchs, France, Mikhail Prokhorov, Mikhail D. Prokhorov, Video, World News

Mikhail Prokhorov, Russia's second richest man, has lost his $53 million deposit for Villa Leopolda, a mansion in the south of France. The house, whi...

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Russia's Oligarchs

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Richest People, Russian Economy, Russia, New Jersey Nets, Russian Oligarchs, Slidehuge, Mikhail Prokhorov, Slidepoll, Financial Crisis, Oligarchs, New Gilded Age, Business News

The financial crisis dealt a blow to the upper crust of Russia's financial elite last year, diminishing the worth of the country's 10 richest tycoons ...

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"Let Them Have Stained Carpets" - Obama's Marie Antoinette Moment

Max Keiser | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Banking Crisis, Oligarchs, Banking Bailout, Goldman Sachs, Max Keiser, Rico, President Obama, Business News

President Obama. Step away from the Goldman Sachs banker and smell the Revolution brewing! People are angry.

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Moscow Super-Rich Pour Millions Into Luxury Homes

Reuters | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Russia, Wealth, Finance, Economy, Oligarchs, Russian Oligarchs, Real Estate, Business News

MOSCOW (Reuters) - The world outside may be in the thralls of crisis, with house prices plunging, markets slumping and banks collapsing; but Russia's ...

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Andrei Vavilov Calls $53.5M Plaza Hotel Penthouse "Attic-Like," Sues

Reuters | Edith Honan | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Real Estate by Video, Caveat Emptor, Plaza Hotel Penthouse Suite, Plaza Hotel, Real Estate, Buyer Beware, Attic-Like, Andrei Vavilov, Billionaires, Oligarchs, Business News

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The buyer of a $53.5 million penthouse apartment in New York's famed Plaza Hotel says the apartment turned out to be an "attic-li...

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