America R.I.P.
“A country so poorly led can do nothing but decline.” During the second half of the 20th century the United States was an opportunity society. The ladders of upward mobility were plentiful, and the...
View ArticleEmpire, Power, and People with Andrew Gavin Marshall- Episode 43
Free Markets & Drug Wars What is the relationship between what we call ‘free markets’ and drug wars, between the drug trade and globalization, between multinational corporations, banks, and drug...
View ArticleThe Reality Principle -Episode 6
Examining the Chessboard: The Geopolitics of the Middle East with Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya This week, Eric sits down with political analyst and author Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya. The two discuss the...
View ArticleThe Financialization of Food & the Profitability of Poverty
There are a few things upon which humanity is entirely dependent for survival: food, water, land and the environment. One of the central questions with which humanity currently has to address its part,...
View ArticleThe Reality Principle -Episode 30
“Land, Food and the Fight for Justice” with Raj Patel This week, Eric sits down with world renowned author and activist Raj Patel to discuss a number of important issues affecting all of us. Raj...
View ArticleEmpire, Power, and People with Andrew Gavin Marshall- Episode 72
Protesting the Cosmopolitical Corporate Order From the global march against Monsanto to factory workers in Bangladesh, protests against global corporations and the policies put in place by states to...
View ArticleThe Social Cost of Capitalism
The New Social Costs Brought by Globalism When I was a graduate student in economics, the social cost of capitalism was a big issue in economic theory. Since those decades ago, the social costs of...
View ArticleEmpire, Power & People with Andrew Gavin Marshall- Episode 109
Globalization’s ‘Game of Thrones’ In the popular television show – and the books it was based upon – we are witness to the internal politics, passions and power-plays of the main ruling dynasties of a...
View ArticleGlobalization’s ‘Game of Thrones’, Part 1: Dynastic Power in the Modern World
The stories, players & structures of the world’s dominant dynasties Think of any period in human history when empires and imperialism were common features of society, whether from ancient Egypt,...
View ArticleGlobalization’s Game of Thrones- Part II: Managing the Wealth of the World’s...
Whoever wins this ‘Game of Thrones,’ the people lose In part I of this series (“Globalization’s Game of Thrones”) I examined the concept of corporate and financial dynasties holding significant power...
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