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Oligarchy

The Corporate Danger: Plutonomy

Craig Barnes | Posted 11.03.2009 | Politics

Read More: Politics, Citizens United v. FEC, Plutocracy, The Roberts Court, Campaign Finance, Money in Politics, Corporate Government, Oligarchy, Patronomy, Politics News
Craig Barnes

The smart money is betting that this autumn the Supreme Court will give corporations the same right to spend in federal elections as has any person

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Is the Opposite of Capitalism Democracy? A Review of Michael Moore's Capitalism: A Love Story

Anis Shivani | Posted 10.05.2009 | Business

Read More: Auto Industry, Foreclosures, Populism, Ronald Reagan, Larry Summers, Globalization, Economic Bill of Rights, Republic Windows and Doors, Goldman Sachs, Capitalism: A Love Story, General Motors, Dennis Kucinich, General Motors Bankruptcy, Roger & Me, Plutonomy, Financial Deregulation, Deindustrialization, Bill Clinton, Economic Crisis, Flint, Democracy, Franklin Roosevelt, Capitalism, Oligarchy, Nafta, Barack Obama, Sicko, Robert Rubin, Glass-Steagall Act, Jimmy Carter, Michael Moore, Alan Greenspan, Business News
Anis Shivani

Moore explicitly states that we ought to turn to democracy as the alternative to capitalism. But the opposite of capitalism is not democracy, it is socialism.

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Russian Oligarchy Suffers Loss Of Wealth, Favor

GlobalPost | Posted 07.16.2009 | World

Read More: Russia, Medvedev, Russia Oligarchy, Economic Crisis, Vladimir Putin, Oligarchy, Putin, Russian Oligarchy, Dmitry Medvedev, Dmitri Medvedev, World News

Where have all the oligarchs gone? In the days when Russia was flush with petrodollars, their faces graced every tabloid, their presence was expected...

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