From In These Times: The right-wing, free market vision of University of Chicago economist Milton Friedman informed the blueprint for the rapid privatization of municipal services throughout the world due in no small part to what author Naomi Klein calls “disaster capitalism.” Friedman wrote in his 1982 treatise Capitalism and…
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From ABC: WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Obama will travel to New Jersey tomorrow to view the destruction wrought by Hurricane Sandy on the state. Scheduled to appear with Governor Chris Christie, Obama has suspended personal appearances at campaign events to respond to the storm. Speaking at the Red Cross headquarters…
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From American Prospect: Last Thursday, the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press released a survey that revealed what Pew termed “Mixed Views of Government Regulation.” But “mixed,” in this case, means anti-regulatory in matters of ideology and pro-regulatory in practice. Asked whether they believed that government regulation…
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Interesting read from The Nation that barely scratches the surface and doesn’t even mention the legacy of white-unearned-wealth from slave labor descended on future generations of whites. From The Nation: Understanding that government has always been fundamental to the success of individuals, businesses, communities and this nation is becoming a…
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