Month: May 2016

Capitalism, Class, Economics, News, Politics, Uncategorized

The ‘Democratic Socialism’ of Bernie Sanders

To a socialist Senator Bernie Sanders is far and away the least distasteful of the current contenders for the American presidency. He seems decent and sincere. Although ...

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Capitalism, Economics

Waste and Want: Grapes of Wrath Revisited

In his famous novel The Grapes of Wrath (Chapter 25), John Steinbeck described how food was destroyed during the Great Depression: Carloads of oranges dumped on the ...

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