Free Market

Oil Execs to Congress: I Drink Your Milkshake

Chris Kelly | Posted 05.23.2008 | Politics

Read More: Oil Prices, Oil Executives, Oil Companies, Bp, Economics, Big Oil, Exxon Mobil, Oil, Polar Bears, Free Market, Shell Oil, Politics News
Chris Kelly

Supply and demand is one factor in determining price, but another factor used to be called "competition." Again, I'm not an economist, but I'm pretty sure that was supposed to drive prices down.

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A Paroxysm of Voterly Rage

Jeff Dorchen | Posted 04.22.2008 | Politics

Read More: 2008 Elections, Debate, Mccain Neocons, George W. Bush, Democratic Debates, Negative Campaigning, Corporate Power, Media, All Things Considered, Policy, Neo-Con Agenda, 2008 Presidential Election, Coca-Cola, John McCain Economic Policy, Democratic Primary, Negative Attacks, Crony Capitalism, ABC Debate, Election 2008, Bush Administration and Corporate Cronyism, President Bush, Voting, John McCain, Bush, Hope, Democratic Presidential Candidate, John Mccain Neoconservatives, Gold, Capitalism, Democrats, Energy Policy, 2008 Election, Bush Economy, Npr, Bush Administration, School Vouchers, Corporations, Neocon, Media Coverage of 2008 Election, Neocons, Neoconservatives, Crony-Capitalists, Free Market, Politics News
Jeff Dorchen

I apologize for the following. It was written in anger brought on by listening to All Things Considered for three whole minutes, a mistake I shall no...

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Crony-Capitalists: History's Still Hangin' 'Round

Paula Gordon | Posted 01.11.2008 | Living

Read More: David Nasaw, Andrew Mellon, Crony-Capitalist, Free-Market, Corporations, David Cannadine, Robber Barons, Andrew Carnegie, Living News
Paula Gordon

Andrew Carnegie was once the richest man in the world. Three Presidents were said to have served under Andrew Mellon during his 10 years as U.S. Treas...

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Which Side Are You On?

Larry Abrams | Posted 01.03.2008 | Politics

Read More: Bill Clinton, Culture Wars, Milton Friedman, Ronald Reagan, New Deal, Michael Bloomberg, International Monetary Fund, World Bank, Clinton Years, Michael Dukakis, War on Drugs, Barack Obama, Structural Adjustment, McCain Iraq, Fdr New Deal, National Endowment for the Humanities, Robert Rubin, Hillary Electability, Rudy Giuliani, Ross Perot, John Edwards, Henry Paulson, Reagan Sandinistas, Hillary Clinton, Commodification, Free Market, Values Voters, Politics News
Larry Abrams

Getting rid of Bush will be good and great thing, but it doesn't make the case for Hillary Clinton. The problem with Hillary is that she doesn't really fit the political moment.

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Who Are These People?

Jane Smiley | Posted 12.03.2007 | Politics

Read More: Fertilizer, Starvation, Farming, Hunger, Africa, Famine, Malawi, World Bank, Free Market, Capitalism, Obesity, Politics News
Jane Smiley

The World Bank opposes fertilizer subsidies in order to -- well, it boggles the mind. In order to what? Get rid of the population? Degrade the soil beyond repair? I cannot think of any other reasons.

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The Rise of Captive-Industry Populism

David Sirota | Posted 10.26.2007 | Politics

Read More: Populism, Free Trade, Free Market, Politics News
David Sirota

If you think about captive-industry populism for a while, you will realize how applicable it is on many different issues - from health care to land politics to labor organizing.

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My Unrequited Love for the Business Press

Naomi Klein | Posted 10.25.2007 | Business

Read More: Naomi Klein's Shock Doctrine, Milton Friedman, Davos Dilemma, Financial TImes, Naomi Klein's New Book, Naomi Klein, Free Market, Disaster Capitalism, Capitalism, Business Journalism, Criticisms of Naomi Klein, Business News
Naomi Klein

When I get worried about inadvertently fueling the disaster complex, I take comfort in the response my book has elicited from the world's leading business journalists.

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Democratic Golden Opportunity: Republican Voters Oppose "Free Trade"

Jonathan Tasini | Posted 10.05.2007 | Politics

Read More: John Edwards, 2008 Elections, Free Market, Hillary Clinton, Rudy Giuliani, Ron Paul, Free Trade, Politics News
Jonathan Tasini

Some Democrats still can't be trusted on trade. And at the AFL-CIO presidential debate, the Democratic field generally failed to take on the major failed underpinnings of so-called "free trade."

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Friday Democratic Talking Points

Chris Weigant | Posted 09.28.2007 | Politics

Read More: Charles Grassley, Children, Compassionate Conservative, Chris Dodd, Bush, Politics, 2008, Insurance, Talking Points, Spin, Orrin Hatch, Poor, Health Care, Rush Limbaugh, MoveOn.Org, House, Tony Snow, Democrat, Congress, Joe Biden, Election, Barack Obama, Socialized Medicine, Bi-Partisan, Rudy Giuliani, Schip, Republican Elite, Veto, Phony Soldier, Hillary Clinton, Medicare, Free Market, Friday Talking Points, Cigarette Tax, Senate, Politics News
Chris Weigant

Time for another round of Democratic talking points, for the benefit of whoever's going to be on this weekend's Sunday morning talk shows (or for any ...

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