German Translations on the Economic Crisis
Rethinking State, Market and Neoliberal Myths
Patients are not Consumers
Wednesday, August 12, 2015 6:41 PM to read the articles by Hartmut Reibners, Tom Berthold, Sven Giegold and Dierk Hirschel from 6/2015,click http://portland.indymedia.org/en/2015/08/430358.shtml Patients are not Consumers Mainstream economics is always based on the idea of homo oeconomicus, an egoist who maximizes his own advantages. In … Continue reading →
Environmental Groups File Lawsuit Challenging Shell Oil’s Risky and Reckless Arctic Drilling Plan
Sunday, August 02, 2015 4:16 PM
Agency gave Shell the stamp of approval to drill in fragile Arctic Ocean, despite threats Interior unlawfully approved Shell’s problem-riddled Arctic drilling plan. In doing this, it has failed the communities and wildlife of this region. Erik Grafe Staff Attorney, … Continue reading →
Saturday, August 01, 2015 4:54 PM
8 PROPOSALS ON TRANSNATIONAL CORPORATIONS (TNCs) AND HUMAN RIGHTS
Global Campaign to Dismantle Corporate Power and Stop Impunity, www.tni.org June 2015, 7 pp
https://www.tni.org/files/publication-downloads/written-contribution-of-the-globalcampaign.pdf “…In conformity with the United Nations Charter, the future legally binding international instrument must reaffirm that … Continue reading →
The end of capitalism by Paul Mason
Tuesday, July 21, 2015 3:30 AM
The end of capitalism by Paul Mason, July 16, 2015, The Guardian
http://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/jul/17/postcapitalism-end-of-capitalism-begun Without us noticing, we are entering the postcapitalist era. At the heart of further change to come is information technology, new ways of working and the sharing … Continue reading → Brewster Kahle: A digital library, free to the world 13 min
Sunday, July 19, 2015 3:36 PM
How Brewster Kahle and the Internet Archive Will Preserve the Infinite Information on the Web in Archives, Technology, TED Talks, Web/Tech| May 11th, 2013
http://www.openculture.com/2013/05/how_brewster_kahle_and_the_internet_archive_will_p reserve_the_infinite_information_on_the_web_.html Brewster Kahle is an unassuming man. But as an internet pioneer and digital librarian, he … Continue reading →
Jürgen Habermas’s verdict on the EU/Greece debt deal – full transcript
Friday, July 17, 2015 4:58 PM
to read the full transcript published in The Guardian UK, July 16, 2015, click on
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/jul/16/jurgen-habermas-eu-greece-debtdeal?CMP=share_btn_fb Guardian: What is your verdict on the deal reached on Monday?
Habermas: The Greek debt deal announced on Monday morning is damaging both in …
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Reduced Working Hours as a Socio-Economic Investment
Tuesday, July 14, 2015 4:18 AM
Reduced Working Hours as a Socio-Economic Investment by Michael Schwendinger and Martin Risak, 2014 http://la.indymedia.org/news/2015/07/272143.php This economy condemns and enslaves. Reduced working hours and community centers (as in Vancouver B.C.) could be a third way beyond state and market enabling … Continue reading →
Greek Revolt Against Bad Economics Threatens European Elites
Monday, July 13, 2015 4:39 AM
The referendum in Greece refuting the European Union’s unbending insistence on radical austerity as the medicine Greeks must continue to swallow is simply not to be missed for its multiple layers of significance. To put the core take-home first, we … Continue reading →
Unlike a chair, an idea can be shared by a whole people
Thursday, July 09, 2015 1:33 PM
In his BookTV presentation for “The Rise of the Robots. On the Disappearance of Jobs in the Future,” the Silicon Valley software developer Martin Ford predicted that 30% of American jobs could be gone within 20 years. He favors a … Continue reading →
Video: Rise of the Robots, 1 hr
Sunday, July 05, 2015 11:15 AM
http://www.c-span.org/video/?326298-1/martin-ford-rise-robots Book Discussion on Rise of the Robots Martin Ford talked about his book Rise of Robots: Technology and the Threat of the Jobless Future, in which he discusses the impact of technology on jobs and the economy. Mr. Ford … Continue reading →