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Socialist Progressives

bbgrunt

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Reply to eridani (Original post)

Sun May 8, 2016, 03:44 AM

May 2016

"The landmark repeal of the 1933 Glass-Steagall Act and the passage of the disastrous Orwellian Commodity Future Modernization Act were the handiwork of New Democrat Bill Clinton, whose economic legacy was well to the right of Richard Nixon."

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Even a Time Finance Columnist Is Now Questioning American Capitalism [View all] eridani May 2016 OP

Kick zentrum May 2016 #1

It's about Time. n/t 99th_Monkey May 2016 #2

More questioning of Capitalism ReRe May 2016 #3

Any good books or essays on the final days of capitalism? nm rhett o rick May 2016 #13

Actually... ReRe May 2016 #14

Here's the other article... ReRe May 2016 #15

Thanks. Below is an article I found. rhett o rick May 2016 #18

Earth in Transition:The death of Capitalism ReRe May 2016 #19

Capitalism is not sustainable. It needs "growth" to continue, in fact it needs accelerating rhett o rick May 2016 #20

It's a crock, that's all I know. ReRe May 2016 #21

kick bbgrunt May 2016 #4

The demise of middle class begins with onset of the MBA fucks whereisjustice May 2016 #5

K&R! Sherman A1 May 2016 #6

K&R...once again we are getting lined up to absorb the failures of the risks allowed... islandmkl May 2016 #7

"American capitalism" is more a predicament of political ideology bhikkhu May 2016 #8

Question for you. PETRUS May 2016 #9

Capitalism is most often defined... bhikkhu May 2016 #11

Thanks for the reply. PETRUS May 2016 #12

I am new to this discussion so forgive me stumbling over things that might be obvious. rhett o rick May 2016 #17

You do realize you're in the socialist group correct? TBF May 2016 #10

This message was self-deleted by its author rhett o rick May 2016 #16