Is Full Employment Possible in Capitalism?

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August 16, 2012

Bob Pollin Pt2: There have been periods of unemployment less than 4%, those conditions could be created if there was intent to do so


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The Full Employment Debate

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August 15, 2012

Bob Pollin, author of Back to Full Employment, begins a series examining whether full employment is possible and how to get there


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Thousands Call for Peace in Colombia

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Thousands of victims of violence march in Bogota tell warlords they want an end to the conflict


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What Americans can Learn from Eurocrisis

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May 10, 2012

Michael Hudson: From the Democratic Party to European “Socialists”, they manage crisis in the interests of finance


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Austerity, the Euro Crisis and the US

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Dean Baker: Austerity policy hitting a dead end, threat to US is a sovereign default leading to financial crisis.


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Will New French President Challenge Germany?

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May 7, 2012

Mark Kesselman: The big question is whether Mr. Hollande will be a lion or the mouse that roared


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Over 165,000 Students On Strike in Quebec Over Planned Tuition Hikes

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Students lead tens of thousands in protests against tuition hikes and neoliberal reforms of Quebec government


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Germany and Europe’s Path to the 19th Century

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Francisco Louçã: European elite wants to undo the “social contract”; Germany wants more control


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Banks Holding 1.4 Trillion, Could Create 19 Million Jobs

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December 21, 2011
Bob Pollin: Study looks at impact of 1.4 trillion in excess liquid asset holdings if put in productive investments

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INEQUALITY DESTROYS LIVES

Richard Wilkinson: How economic inequality harms societies

Originally presented on  – Oct 24, 2011

We feel instinctively that societies with huge income gaps are somehow going wrong. Richard Wilkinson charts the hard data on economic inequality, and shows what gets worse when…


Editor’s Note:

Nothing could better reflect the purpose and orientation of this site than Richard Wilkinson’s well reasoned, ethical and factual presentation in this video. – Alan Fogelquist, editor Global Geopolitics & Political Econmy