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Net worth has disappeared at an alarming rate

By Staff Reports | June 22, 2012

burning 100

This guest post by Karl Rusnak at Economy in Crisis shows just how tough things have gotten for the middle class as measured in money. As dollars get more scarce, post-money economies incorporating local scrip, barter and even gifting look more likely. But to get there we'll have to build a bridge from today's economy where loss of money means loss of prosperity and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Economy Tagged With: corporations, Federal Reserve, middle class, net worth

Fighting corporate power since 1776

By Erik Curren | June 17, 2011

Boston Tea Patry print

The Boston Tea Party, claims liberal talk radio host Thom Hartmann, wasn't really a protest against higher taxes and unrepresentative government. Instead, its target was the excessive power of a large corporation -- the British East India Company. In Unequal Protection: How Corporations Became "People" -- and How You Can Fight Back Hartmann explains that, at the behest of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Books Tagged With: American Revolution, Citizens United, corporations, plutocracy, Tea Party, Thom Hartmann

Censored scientists, dirty politics and the nuclear distraction

By Erik Curren | March 11, 2011

Storms of my Grandchildren cover

As the world's most famous climatologist and perennial thorn in the side of Fox News, coal barons and climate change deniers everywhere, James Hansen's credentials are impeccable. I've admired his pluck in standing up for sound science against political intimidation for years. At Transition Voice, we've been fortunate to cross-post a couple of his columns. But recently, a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Books Tagged With: activism, climate change, corporations, George W. Bush, James Hansen, James Lovelock, nuclear power

Why corporate “free speech” means climate and peak oil doom

By Erik Curren | March 7, 2011

Screenshot from "The Story of Citizens United vs FEC"

"The corporations won't get out of our democracy until we the people get back in," says Annie Leonard in her new video on big money in politics. So keep fighting for renewable energy, green jobs, healthcare, safe products, and top-notch public education. But save some energy for the battle of our lifetimes. A battle that can open the door to solving all of these things. It's … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Politics, Video Tagged With: activism, Annie Leonard, Big Coal, Big Oil, Citizens United, clean energy, climate change, corporations, energy policy, plutocracy, pollution

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