Posts tagged capitalism

Posts tagged capitalism

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Advocates of capitalism are very apt to appeal to the sacred principles of liberty, which are embodied in one maxim: The fortunate must not be restrained in the exercise of tyranny over the unfortunate.
- Bertrand Russell
(Source: thepeoplesrecord)
Can capitalism with a human face still work in today’s world? Or is the market system just eternally chasing its own tail in a never-ending cycle of crisis?
From Crisis to Crisis: Theory and History of Capitalist Crises
Part I: Can Capitalism Survive?
Part II: Details Proliferate, Structure Abides
Part III: Is the Euro Today’s Gold Standard?
Part IV: The Manic Masters of the Universe
Part V: Can ‘Embedded Liberalism’ Work?
(Source: cthulhucore, via deus--ex-machina)
Don’tcha just love irony?
(Source: prisland)
“It’s not capitalism when the system is plagued with incomprehensible rules regarding mergers, acquisitions, and stock sales, along with wage controls, price controls, protectionism, corporate subsidies, international management of trade, complex and punishing corporate…
(Source: haereticum)
Note the important distinction Ron Paul makes between capitalism and corporatism. The enemy is not the (justifiably) wealthy but the illegitimately wealthy.