A slow dawn of realisation is setting in among sensible elites: that the world economy isn’t going to recover according to any prior experience, that financial markets are rigged to transfer from the 99% to the 1%, and that ecological barriers are emerging fast on the...
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Interview with Chris Malikane:
Amandla! (A!): COSATU has drafted its Economic Growth Path for full employment and government has published its New Growth Plan. Where do you see the debate on economic policy going in this country, and do you see any major shifts towards more distributive...
The Other Occupation: How Wall Street Occupies Washington | by Zaid Jilani
As ThinkProgress has previously noted, the 99 Percent Movement has been set off thanks to long-standing economic inequities and and a recession caused primarily by Wall Street’s misdeeds.Wall Street did not engage in reckless financial behavior — which plunged 64...
Cut Down Ratings And The Split In Europe | by Farooque Chowdhury
With confusing creditworthiness two more countries and many banks in Europe have “achieved” downgraded ratings over the last few days. And, there is a split. The Germans and the French have, temporarily, disagreed to agree. For the financial elites, political...

