Inequality

A new report published today by international charity Oxfam lays bare the massive disparities in carbon dioxide emissions between the world’s wealthy elite and the rest of society. Titled “Confronting Carbon Inequality,” the study found that over the previous 25 years, the globe’s richest one percent are responsible for 15 percent of all carbon emissions — more than double that of the bottom 50 percent (over three billion people).

Eric Zuesse
On September 14th, The Hill bannered “GOP sees pressure on Pelosi as key to pandemic relief deal” and opened:
Senate Republicans see putting pressure on Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) as the key to getting a deal on a coronavirus relief bill before the elections and are counting on vulnerable House Democrats to move the Speaker off her demand for a package costing more than $2 trillion.

For the first time in history, the 12 richest individuals in the United States collectively hold over $1 trillion in wealth.

Eric Zuesse, originally posted at Strategic Culture
They’ve done it via the ‘news’-media — their propaganda-operations. So, this is about how billionaires do that; how they’ve done it.

This is a partial transcript of an interview of Gilbert Mercier with Kollibri Terre Sonnenblum, host of Radio Free Sunroot, on May 5, 2020. The following excerpt was transcribed by Kollibri. Kollibri: We’re at a point now with this pandemic where capitalism is facing a crisis, perhaps an existential crisis. Gilbert: To me, this is […]

Eric Zuesse, originally posted at Strategic Culture

Eric Zuesse

Eric Zuesse, originally posted at Strategic Culture

Nomi Prins tracks the acute worsening of inequality since the 2008 financial crisis.   By Nomi Prins TomDispatch.com Like a gilded coating that makes the dullest things glitter, today’s thin veneer of political populism covers a grotesque underbelly of growing inequality…Read more →

The decision has set up a standoff between the president and the courts, writes Luis Gómez Romero. López Obrader wants to cut salaries for all government workers in Mexico, including himself. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell0) By Luis Gómez Romero, University of…Read more →