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

Anis Shivani | Posted 12.03.2009 | 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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Goodbye, GM

Michael Moore | Posted 07.02.2009 | Business

Read More: Uaw, Bankruptcy, Flint, General Motors, Alternative Energy, Michael Moore, United Auto Workers, Gm, Detroit, Roger & Me, Green Energy, Pollution, Global Warming, Barack Obama, Business News
Michael Moore

Let's be clear about this: The only way to save GM is to kill GM. Saving our precious industrial infrastructure, though, is another matter and must be a top priority.

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Bailouts, Bubbles, Boils, and Trouble

Steve Clemons | Posted 12.11.2008 | Business

Read More: Automaker Bailout, New America Foundation, Richard Medley, Michigan, Economy, William Frenzel, World Trade Center, Michael Moore, Roger & Me, Consumption, China, Auto Industry, Japan, John Engler, Recession 2008, Recovery, Business News
Steve Clemons

Economic recovery cannot mean re-enabling the gluttony of manic consumption without pumping up "production" and getting a more balanced portfolio between what we produce at home and ship in from others.

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Director Protests, Screens Film Outside Home Of Financier Kravis

New York Times | Andrew Ross Sorkin | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: War on Greed, Upper East Side, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts, Luxury Homes, Blackstone, Roger & Me, Robert Greenwald, Kravis Protest, Blackstone Group, Stephen Schwarzman, Stephen A. Schwarzman, Henry Kravis, Business News

Bells will be ringing, and carolers will be greeting the Upper East Side neighbors of Henry Kravis this morning. It may be Christmastime, but the rev...

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