Category: disaster capitalism

disaster capitalism financial crisis The Corporation US economy
January 4, 2009

Labour Costs and the Auto Bailouts

One of the central issues that materialize when people talk about the bailouts for the auto industry is the high cost of labour.  Apparently, the Big 3 pay the average worker $73 per hour, but we should all know this is only kind of true. (Of course, when brokerages, banks and insurance companies are bailed out, no one asks why certain traders and executives continue […]

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January 4, 2009

Don’t fix the economy: Change it

This story from the Toronto Star was inspirational in that the real story – change – is making it to mainstream media. Here are some highlights: Neither the Conservative minority nor the opposition has proposed anything that will set Canada on a long-term path toward the kind of economy that will both provide for the well-being of Canadians and enhance and preserve the ecological community […]

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January 4, 2009

Iceland: More from the economic ‘canary in the coalmine’

A couple of days ago, the traditional meeting of Iceland’s prime minister and other leaders was interrupted by protesters to the point where the PM cancelled the annual review on TV. Full AP story here . For me, Iceland feels like it’s the economic canary in a coalmine.  They have experienced a crushing economic defeat and will likely have to cave to a broad range […]

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December 28, 2008

CBC To Be Cut By $200 Million?

We know the Harpercrites hate the public and we know they hate public broadcasting even more.  Maybe it was Peter Mansbridge and his ‘daring’ questioning of our repugnant leader just a few weeks ago. "Is a coalition really such a bad thing?" "Die Peter, Die".  (Could it be that he really meant to say "The Peter, The"?). Anyways, this broadcast spells out that the CBC […]

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December 28, 2008

Al Qaeda joins ranks of Peter Pan, Zeus

According to this official , there is no Al Qaeda.  The truth about the war on terror becomes more obvious:  identify who benefits and you identify who causes / caused the problems. "The truth is, there is no Islamic army or terrorist group called Al Qaida. And any informed intelligence officer knows this. But there is a propaganda campaign to make the public believe in […]