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by Gaius PubliusThe video above comes in two parts — the first four minutes or so deals with the title problem, and the last two minutes offers a solution. Note those two sections and the points they make as you watch. I'll address each point separately below.Capitalism, Infinite Growth and Climate ChangeWe seem to have turned the corner on American belief that climate change will result in a bad end for us unless we stop it or alter its trajectory.
The Coca-Cola organization without the smiling celebrity mask (source)by Gaius PubliusOn this side of the Atlantic, George Monbiot is an underappreciated writer. The piece I'm about to quote makes just two main points, but they are stunning.
High prescription prices are an industry problem, not a problem of "outliers" (source; click to enlarge)by Gaius PubliusAlong with many others, we recently wrote about Mylan's predatory price increases on the life-saving prescriptio
Valeant, a predatory drug company hoping to profit from the growth market in lead poisoning. A name worth remembering (source).by Gaius PubliusAnother tale of price-gouging by the out-of-control andn predatory pharmaceutical industry. This time, the perp is a company called Valeant (get it?
Did you watch Tom Morello take on a pack of liberalish capitalism-apologists on Bill Maher's HBO show Friday? No? Me neither, but I caught it on YouTube. Watch the clip above and remember, "capitalism is a morally bereft system that harms much of the planet." And Hillary is, at the end of the day, Wall Street's candidate. No one disputes that; the Hillary part.
