Sustainability| More...
 

Capitalism

My Friend Ian Browde's Right Brain Reflections

Yvonne R. Davis | Posted 05.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Michael Jackson, Communism, Economic Downturn, President Obama, Ronald Reagan, Recession, World, Sustainability, The White House, Local Economy, Me Generation, Anti-Soviet Hysteria, Triple Bottom Line, Lt. Colonel Oliver North, Capitalism, The 80s, Los Angeles Olympic Games, Ivan Boesky, Madonna, Politics, Socialism, Social Capitalism, Economic Crisis, Micro Economies, Gorbachev, Community, Green, Iran Contra, Oliver North, Donald Trump, Economy, Leona Helmsley, Soviets, Right Brain, Brain, Politics News
Yvonne R. Davis

With the election of Barack Obama as U.S. president, the world has entered a new economic context, "social or community capitalism," which will become our paradigm by 2015 - 2020.

Read Post

Rasmussen CAPITALISM POLL: Stunning Results

Rasmussen Polls | Posted 05.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Rasmussen, Capitalism Poll, Capitalism, Rasmussen Capitalism Poll, Politics News

Only 53% of American adults believe capitalism is better than socialism. The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey found that 20% disagr...

Read Whole Story

The Road to Capitalism 2.0 (from G20 to GM)

Tantan Pablo | Posted 05.09.2009 | World

Read More: Gm, Web 2.0, Larry Summers, G20 Summit, Capitalism, GM Bankruptcy, g20, Nicolas Sarkozy, World News
Tantan Pablo

If the economical model that defined the 20th century is about to dive into a new stage, there is one thing we can all agree on: although a useful metaphor, "Capitalism 2.0" would be a horrible name.

Read Post

Why the G-20 Protestors Were Astoundingly Wrong and Naïve

Steve Strauss | Posted 05.02.2009 | Business

Read More: G-20 Summit, China, Capitalism, Poverty Alleviation, G-20, g20, Business News
Steve Strauss

The G-20 protesters have it completely backwards. Capitalism is not the problem, capitalism is the solution.

Read Post

Obama Declares Himself President-For-Life (No Fooling!)

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: Polls, Market, Populism, President Obama, Economy, Jindal, Poll, Obama, Media, Agenda, America, Blagojevich, Hat. Aretha Franklin, Pelosi, Muslim, Populist, Bonus, Socialist, Tax Cut, Auto Workers, Over-Exposed, Stimulus Package, Limbaugh, Reid, Teleprompter, Rush Limbaugh, Budget, Socialism, Do Too Much, Conservative, Congress, Right Wing, Sixty-Percent, Capitalism, Bipartisan, Stimulus, Barack Obama, Mainstream Media, Wall Street, Chris Weigant, Palin, Hypocrisy, Political Capital, Msm, Two-Thirds, Bipartisanship, Pundit, Class Warfare, Partisan, Leona Helmsley, President-for-Life, Helmsley, Politics News
Chris Weigant

"I am ashamed at getting my stimulus bill passed so quickly. Republicans, those masters of bipartisanship, offered their sincere efforts to delay this bill for months and, I admit, I ignored them."

Read Post

How Japan's Other Hybrid Can Save American Jobs

Sally Kohn | Posted 05.01.2009 | Business

Read More: Stakeholder Capitalism, Japan, Capitalism, Auto Industry, Economy, Barack Obama, General Motors, Chrysler, Business News
Sally Kohn

The days of Japan as No. 1 are over. But it's worth noting the Toyota Way motto: "Base your management decisions on a long-term philosophy, even at the expense of short-term goals.

Read Post

The Un-Malling of America

Bob Giloth | Posted 05.01.2009 | Business

Read More: Suburbs, U.S. Economy, Poverty, Economics, Business, Capitalism, Economy, Business News
Bob Giloth

"More than 400 of the 2,000 largest malls in the U.S.have closed in the past two years...[I]n the past 12 months, retail sales have dropped an unprece...

Read Post

Inclusive Capitalism Not Economic Colonialism: the G20 and the Future

Vivian Norris de Montaigu | Posted 04.30.2009 | Business

Read More: Microcredit, Colonialism, Poverty, Muhammad Yunus, Microfinance, World Bank, Economy, g20, Financial Crisis, Imf, Capitalism, London-United Kingdom, United Kingdom, Business News
Vivian Norris de Montaigu

We have seen what happens when Capitalism runs amok and is not inclusive. The problem is not capitalism, it is greed and the lack of the human element.

Read Post

The Beast Runs Free

Harry Moroz | Posted 04.27.2009 | Business

Read More: American Enterprise Institute, President Obama, Amartya Sen, Treasury, Timothy Geithner, Charles Murray, Capitalism, Economy, Financial Crisis, Business News
Harry Moroz

True change will not come from altering how we regulate the financial sector -- at least not in statements of the sort Secretary Geithner issued this week.

Read Post

Blue Dog Democrats and Republican Triangulation

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 04.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: House of Representatives, Gop, Mitch McConnell, Ann Coulter, Progressives, Afghanistan Occupation, Employee Free Choice Act, Conservatism, Obama Administration, Democratic Party, Economic Meltdown, Blue Doggery, Meghan McCain, U.S. Senate, Bush Doctrine, Triangulation, Laissez-Faire, Progressive Democrats, Grover Norquist, Capitalism, Republican Party, Blue Dog Democrats, Corporate Governance, Bretton Woods Accords, Evan Bayh, John McCain, North Carolina Representative Patrick McHenry, President Barack Obama, Economic Crisis, Iraq Occupation, Congress, Efca, Triangulate, Blanche Lincoln, Blue Dogs, Republicans, Free Market, Alan Greenspan, William Kristol, Senate, Politics News
Joseph A. Palermo

We must not allow the Blue Dogs to slow down President Obama's momentum or water down the sweeping reforms the nation needs in these trying economic times.

Read Post

Capitalism's Future And The 50 People Who Will Frame The Debate

Financial Times | Steven Bernard, Jeremy Lemer and FT Reporters | Posted 04.14.2009 | Business

Read More: Free Market Capitalism, Future of Capitalism, Economy, Economic Crisis, Capitalism Future, Credit Crisis, Capitalism, Disaster Capitalism, Credit Crunch, Business News

The credit crisis has placed the global financial system under almost unprecedented strain. Tackling the many problems and charting a course throug...

Read Whole Story

Involuntary Simplicity?

Jasmine Boussem | Posted 04.13.2009 | Living

Read More: Simplifying-Life, Credit Crisis, Credit Card Debt, Capitalism, Affluenza, Living News
Jasmine Boussem

It is well known that disease symptoms are sometimes the result of the body working to cure an underlying condition. I suspect we will not only survive, but actually be healthier in the long run.

Read Post

A Year In David Mamet's Marketplace

Rob Warmowski | Posted 04.11.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Brain-Dead Liberal, Glengarry Glen Ross, David Mamet, Capitalism, Mamet, Chicago News
Rob Warmowski

One year ago, Mamet wrote of his transformation from a "brain-dead liberal" to a person who sees the country mainly as a "marketplace." I can't help but ask: how's that free market working out?

Read Post

The Years of Agonizing Reappraisal

Larry Abrams | Posted 04.14.2009 | Business

Read More: Larry Summers, Ben Bernanke, Bank Bailouts, Capitalism, Reagan Era Economics, Stimulus, Tim Geithner, Economy, Business News
Larry Abrams

I was thinking about going down to DC for the inauguration last month, but decided it was too cold to sell my new "I was there for the fall of capital...

Read Post

Muhammad Yunus: Social Business, the Financial Crisis and the Little Engine that Could

Vivian Norris de Montaigu | Posted 04.09.2009 | Business

Read More: Yunus, Danone, Microcredit, Poverty, Nobel Peace Prize, Grameen, Bangladesh, Economy, Volkswagon, Financial Crisis, Poor, Social Business, Laser, Capitalism, Cofinoga, Business News
Vivian Norris de Montaigu

Muhammad Yunus, the poor, and countries which we have always considered "underdeveloped" have a lot to teach us about sustainability!

Read Post

Our Moral Audit of the Budget

Jim Wallis | Posted 04.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: Market, White House, President, Social Justice, Debate, President Obama, Taxes, Washington, Proportion, Priorities, Poor, Wealth, Common Good, Social Responsibility, E.J. Dionne, Budgets, Justice, Capitalism, Faith, Health Care, Equality, Irs, Budget, Politics, Biblical, Community, Rich, Compassion, Federal Budget Proposal, Invisible Hand, Inequality, Economy, 100 Days, Obama Budget, Politics News
Jim Wallis

My prediction is that many in the faith community, especially those on the front lines of serving the poor, will rally around the principles and priorities of this budget.

Read Post

Capitalism - the Gift That Keeps on Taking: Part I

Michael Gene Sullivan | Posted 04.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Politics, Wall Street Bailout, Government Bailout, Bailout, Corporations, Corporate America, Crime, Economy, George W. Bush, Obama Administration, Corporate Power, Socialism, Corporate Greed, Business, Capitalism, Politics News
Michael Gene Sullivan

Most Americans are not capitalists. They might want to be capitalists, but no matter how much you, or that hardworking barista, that well paid techno-nerd, small farmer, or gangsta rapping bank teller may want to be capitalists, you are not capitalists. You are workers.

Read Post

The Simplest Plan For Helping Homeowners

Henryk A. Kowalczyk | Posted 03.22.2009 | Business

Read More: Mortgage, Business News Bailout, Geithner Bank Bailout, President Obama, Defunct Mortgages, Recession, Bailout, Business, Bailout Plan, Obama Stimulus, Home Foreclosures, Politics News, Economic Stimulus Package, Wall Street, Bank Bailout, Stimulus Package, Foreclosures, Homeowners, Geithner Bailout, Capitalism, Treasury Secretary, Financial Crisis, Housing Crisis, Foreclosure, Business News
Henryk A. Kowalczyk

By offering short-term loans, the government would be using taxpayer money wisely to stimulate banks to reform their lending practices.

Read Post

Obama's Economic Paradox: Can You Have "Bailout" and "Stimulus" at the Same Time?

Randall Amster | Posted 03.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Free Market Capitalism, Obama Stimulus, Titanic, Obama Administration, Bailout Plan, Subsidies, Capitalism, Stimulus Plan, Obama Stimulus Plan, Economic Stimulus Package, Bailout, Stimulus Package, Tax Cuts, Hurricane Katrina, Green Economy, Free Market, Stimulus Bill, Business, Financial Crisis, Politics News
Randall Amster

Perhaps the centerpiece of the current bill (at least for people's pockets in the short-term) is an actual weekly paycheck bump to the tune of about eight bucks.

Read Post

CON GAMES: Capitalism -- The God That Failed

Michael Conniff | Posted 03.16.2009 | Business

Read More: The Wealth of Nations, Adam Smith, Communism, Socialism, Capitalism, Business News
Michael Conniff

When it comes to capitalism under a putatively conservative administration, the emperor may have had no clothes but the God of the Free Market was buck naked.

Read Post

Recession Porn: A Hard Spot for Soft Times

Richard M. Benjamin | Posted 03.14.2009 | Business

Read More: Pornography, U.S. Economy, Pornography Websites, Disaster Capitalism, Capitalism, Sex, Business News
Richard M. Benjamin

You'll notice your friends, co-workers, or spouses obsessively doing it. They're checking out Recession Porn in all its sundry glory.

Read Post

Our Best Days Are Not Behind Us: Daniel Gross

Newsweek | Daniel Gross | Posted 03.11.2009 | Business

Read More: Newsweek, Daniel Gross, Capitalism, US Economy, Economy, Business News

The dumb, willfully blind optimists who dominated the late boom have been evicted--and the ardent declinists, the bears and the prophetic historians h...

Read Whole Story

We're All Socialists Now: Newsweek

Newsweek | Jon Meacham and Evan Thomas | Posted 03.10.2009 | Media

Read More: Newsweek, Economy, Socialism, Capitalism, US Economy, Newsweek We're All Socialists, Socialists, Media News

In many ways our economy already resembles a European one. As boomers age and spending grows, we will become even more French....

Read Whole Story

The Hypocrisy of the West

Ben Cohen | Posted 03.08.2009 | World

Read More: Chile, Poverty, Global Economy, Third World, Brazil, World Bank, Economic Crisis, Capitalism, Nicaragua, Global Economic Crisis, Third World Countries, Economic Stimulus Package, Zimbabwe Hyperinflation, Imf, Global Financial Crisis, World News
Ben Cohen

The Third World exists in a precarious state of neo colonial dependency and cannot follow our path out of economic disaster because we insist they don't.

Read Post

CNBC's Clueless Mark Haines Calls Me "Clueless" on Morning Joe: I Respond

Arianna Huffington | Posted 03.07.2009 | Business

Read More: Joe Scarborough, Capitalism, Niall Ferguson, Mark Haines, Morning Joe, Squawk on the Street, Business News
Arianna Huffington

Haines, clearly still wearing his Wall Street blinders -- and still speaking out for the Marie Antoinettes of the Meltdown -- was apoplectic over my suggestion that taxpayers should stop subsidizing equity holders in insolvent banks.

Read Post