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Boeing is a quintessential example of America's rotting business culture. After 40 years of mistakes, companies need a philosophical revolution.

Boeing is a quintessential example of America's rotting business culture. After 40 years of mistakes, companies need a philosophical revolution.

Presidential contenders ignore root causes threatening Social Security. Is it due to their reliance on wealthy donors?

You’d think that Boeing would not compromise on safety, given that one small production error or software glitch could down a plane worth hundreds of millions…

By Les Leopold | - ( Commondreams.org ) - The United States health care system—more costly than any on earth—will …

An overview of health care, particularly Medicare, rentierism, with private equity playing a starring role.

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Half-Earth Socialism by Drew Pendergrass and Troy Vettese sets forth a unique ecosocialist vision that centres the preservation of the fullness of the natural world at a time when the dawning Holocene extinction, driven primarily by capitalism and consumption patterns in the Global North, is putting life on the line.

The answer to the question so often raised by the opponents of even the mildest social reforms “where is the money going to come from?” is answered, at least partially, in data on the extent of share buybacks.