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Corporate Greed

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.

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On Martha Stewart and the Psychology of Prostitution

Rick Smith | Posted 03.19.2009 | Style

Read More: Bill Clinton Monica Lewinsky, Martha Stewart Insider Trading, Dieter Kleiber, Prostitution, Martha Stewart Jail, Sex, Corporate Greed, Safe Sex, Unprotected Sex, Jim Collins, Martha Stewart, Psychology, Prostitutes, Style News
Rick Smith

Things do change. Past success does not guarantee a prosperous future. Those who believe they're invincible may one day surprisingly awaken to a cycle of penicillin and a divorce attorney.

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Antitrust Suits Kill Enterprises

Michael G. Winston | Posted 03.19.2009 | Business

Read More: Leadership, MIchael Winston, Business, Corporate Greed, Cable TV News, Antitrust Suits, Trust, Ceos, Antitrust, Business News
Michael G. Winston

Something inside has died. This distortion proves what we have long known -- that employees are not valued at all. We are pawns in a larger game.

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Dear President Obama: Please Fix the Bank Bailout

Tram Nguyen | Posted 03.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Foreclosures, Banks, Obama, Bailout, Geithner, CEO Pay, Obama Bailout, President Obama, Corporate Greed, Financial Crisis, Bank Bailout, Treasury Secretary, Politics News
Tram Nguyen

An immediate moratorium on foreclosures is necessary to keep families in their homes while a systemic solution is developed. Taxpayer money must go toward helping communities.

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Wall Street Mocked American Values

Thomas Frank | Posted 03.15.2009 | Business

Read More: Wall Stree Excess, Wall Street Crisis, Trader Monthly, Corporate Greed, Wall Street Bonuses, Economic Crisis, Business News
Thomas Frank

The announcement that Trader Monthly magazine was ceasing publication was one of those moments when a chance arrow of history scores a perfect bull's eye on a deserving target.

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The Human Cost of Bush's Arctic Policy

Riki Ott | Posted 03.13.2009 | Green

Read More: Green News, Corporate Power, Oil, Corporate Greed, Exxon Valdez, Exxon Mobil, Green News
Riki Ott

Why should the Inupiat way of life be sacrificed for our oil dependency? The Arctic should be off limits to oil and gas development.

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Human Capital -- an Asset, Not Just an Expense

Doug Struck | Posted 03.13.2009 | Business

Read More: Newspapers, CEO Pay, Unemployment, Finance, Ceos, Economic Crisis, Corporate Greed, Newspaper Industry, Death of Newspapers, Harvard University, Accounting, Stimulus Package, Journalism, Recession, Business News
Doug Struck

Economists use the term "human capital," but nowhere in accounting principles are people counted as an asset -- only as an expense.

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Estrogen Will Not Cure Greed and Stupidity

Iris Erlingsdottir | Posted 03.11.2009 | World

Read More: Greed, Women, Iceland Economy, Elite, Iceland National Bankruptcy, Iceland Economic Crisis, Women and Politics, Ruling Elite, Iceland Financial Crisis, Corporate Greed, Iceland Economy Collapse, World News
Iris Erlingsdottir

Any positive changes Iceland's PM and her female colleagues will bring about will be because they are in tune with the values of society at large, rather than the values of the current ruling elite.

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Crimes at the Top of the World: The Human Cost of Oil

Riki Ott | Posted 03.07.2009 | Green

Read More: Oil, Corporate Power, Corporate Greed, Exxon Mobil, Exxon Valdez, Green News
Riki Ott

Why don't we all learn more about Bush's U.S. Arctic Policy along with Inupiat children like Ricky? If the Alaska story "went into you," maybe you could help protect our coasts along with yours.

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It's Us Versus Them with the Stimulus

Paul Peete | Posted 03.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Astrongmiddleclass, Citigroup, Bank of America, Stimulus, Joe Biden, President Obama, Off the Bus, T.a.R.P., Obama and Corporate Greed, Economic Stimulus Package, Corporate Greed, Stimulus Package, Politics News
Paul Peete

Until those resisting a new way forward in how we reorient the American economy toward stability and success join the struggle in earnest, it's us versus them!

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Greed: Not So Good

Lloyd Garver | Posted 03.05.2009 | Business

Read More: Wall Street Bailout, Corporate Greed, Ceos, Business News
Lloyd Garver

These people who have been buying islands and giving their kids platinum pacifiers aren't necessarily geniuses. They are the same jerks that got us into the big financial mess in the first place.

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Letter From Paris: Greed Heard Round The World

Beth Arnold | Posted 03.01.2009 | World

Read More: Russia, John Thain Bank of America, Greed, John Thain Bonus, Citigroup Bailout, French Strike, Vladimir Putin Russia, John Thain Merrill Lynch, Tibet, China Tibet, Corporate Greed, Davos 2009, China, Paris, World News
Beth Arnold

While banks and the auto industry have been bailed out, public transportation workers and other civil servants complain that small and medium businesses -- the people -- have gotten a big fat zero.

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John McCain's Tax Lie

Jane Devin | Posted 02.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, Economic Stimulus Package, Bailout, Corporate Greed, Corporate Taxes, Small Businesses, Gop, Small Business Owners, Obama Economic Stimulus Plan, Stimulus, Politics News
Jane Devin

With our country in crisis, this is a time to face the truth, hold businesses and people accountable, and give relief where needed -- not just where it's politically advantageous to do so.

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CEOs Boosting Their Pensions While Workers Pensions go Poof

Jonathan Tasini | Posted 02.27.2009 | Business

Read More: Class Warfare, Working Life, Pensions, CEO Greed, Greed, American Greed, Money, Economy, Economic Crisis, Ceos, Recession Fears, Jobs, Financial Crisis, Corporate Greed, Recession, Business News
Jonathan Tasini

CEOs are getting major boosts in their pensions, while the pensions of most Americans have either disappeared or take a major hit.

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Duped: A Nation of Eaters

Robyn O'Brien | Posted 02.07.2009 | Politics

Read More: Corruption, Greed, The Apprentice, Donald Trump, Marion Nestle, Food Contamination, Food Crisis, Genetically Modified Corn, Genetically Engineered Foods, Revolving Door, Toxic, Genetically Modified Crops, Food Poisoning, Politics of Food, Michael Pollan, Health, Corporate Greed, Food Politics, Food, Vatican, Government Sachs, Genetically Engineered Crops, George Clooney, Michael Clayton, Gmo, Politics News
Robyn O'Brien

As I read about baby formulas and jars of salsa laced with who-knows-what, I was left slack-jawed.

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The 10 Worst Corporations of 2008

Robert Weissman | Posted 01.29.2009 | Business

Read More: Roche, Smoking, Economy, Food Crisis, Cargill, Aig, Corporate Power, Tax Evasion, Philippines, Osha, Imperial Sugar, HIV/AIDS, Corporate Crime, Darfur, Philip Morris, Dole, Cnpc, Corporate Greed, Constellation, Financial Crisis, Chevron, Nuclear Power, Ge, Business News
Robert Weissman

In keeping with our tradition of highlighting diverse forms of corporate wrongdoing, we included only one financial company on the 10 Worst list.

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Holiday Listing

Bob Franken | Posted 01.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: U.S. Economy, Cynicism, Corporate Greed, Politicians, Politics News
Bob Franken

It's probably not altogether fair, but there are certain words, when we see them together, that automatically inspire scorn and/or ridicule in just ab...

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Scrooge As Spiritual Teacher: Wake Up Or Miss Your Life

Dr. Judith Rich | Posted 01.09.2009 | Living

Read More: A Christmas Carol, Ebenezer Scrooge, Happiness, Transformation, Big 3 Bailout, Big 3 Private Jets, The Big 3, Sarah Palin Makeover, Corporate Greed, Lee Scott CEO of Wal-Mart, Sarah Palin, Video, Living News
Dr. Judith Rich

I think Ebenezer Scrooge has gotten a bad rap long enough. This poor guy has endured nearly 200 years of negative press and it's about time we took a...

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"Fisherma'am" Proposes 28th Amendment: Separation Of Corporation And State

Chelsea Green | Posted 12.11.2008 | Green

Read More: Video, Corporations, 28th Amendment, ExxonMobil Profits, Corporate Greed, Oil, Exxonmobil, Exxon, Oil Profits, Corporatocracy, Exxon Valdez, Dr. Riki Ott, Green News

Every so often an idea comes along that rings with such clarity and purpose that it ignites the imaginations of millions of people. That spark of exci...

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Equal Time For Tom The Carpenter

Tom Gerdy | Posted 12.05.2008 | Politics

Read More: Health Care, Tom the Carpenter, Fair Tax, Small Business Owners, Corporate Greed, Joe the Plumber, Politics News
Tom Gerdy

I've had some successes as a businessman, but I have not been able to find a way to generate enough revenue so I could help my employees with health insurance.

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Alan Shrugged

Marty Kaplan | Posted 11.13.2008 | Business

Read More: Greed, George Soros, Wall Street Crisis, Subprime Mortgages, American Greed, Financial Crisis, Alan Greenspan, Corporate Greed, Business News
Marty Kaplan

Invoking greed to explain what happened with Wall Street actually explains little. The mystery isn't why people are greedy; it's how greed gets the better of them.

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Don't Make Working People Bail Out Wall Street

Sen. Bernie Sanders | Posted 11.01.2008 | Business

Read More: Corporate Greed, Bailout, Wall Street, Middle Class, Financial Crisis, Business News
Sen. Bernie Sanders

As the American financial system teeters on the edge of a meltdown, multimillionaires are demanding that the middle class pick up the pieces. That is wrong, and something that I will not support.

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Dems Should Demand Bailout Includes Criminal Accountability For Those Responsible

Denis Campbell | Posted 10.23.2008 | Home

Read More: Congress, Bad Loans, Lehman Brothers, Corporate Greed, Bid Laden, Economic Crisis, Economy; Wall Street; Deregulation; Democrats, Election 2008, Fiscal Responsibility, Republicans, Ponzi Scheme, Home News
Denis Campbell

We're in this economic crisis because banks and investment houses cynically bet the economy would not cycle or fluctuate and ran the debt up to a number so big it could not fail. Now they must pay.

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"Too Big to Fail" Vs. "Too Big to Be Responsible"

Ryan Mack | Posted 10.23.2008 | Business

Read More: US Economy, U.S. Economy, Corporate Responsibility, FInancial Markets, Corporate America, Corporations, Weak Economy, Financials, Economy, Financial Crisis, Corporate Greed, Bear Sterns, Bankruptcy, Pension Benefit Guarantee Corporation, Tax Breaks, James Cayne, Business Ethics, Bear Stearns Bailout, Bailout, FHA Loans, Financial Ethics, Pbgc, Business News
Ryan Mack

I believe in the free market economy, but once an entity becomes "too big to fail" it introduces the possibility that government intervention is a justifiable remedy.

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Representation Without Taxation: Study Says Most Corporations Avoid US Income Tax

AP | JENNIFER C. KERR | Posted 09.12.2008 | Business

Read More: Corporate Responsibility, Carl Levin, Gao, Government Accountability Office, Income Tax, Tax Evasion, Corporate Greed, Business News

WASHINGTON — Two-thirds of U.S. corporations paid no federal income taxes between 1998 and 2005, according to a new report from Congress. The s...

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