The meta-narratives of class warfare are the stories behind the stories. When this is purposeful or propaganda it often reveals the agenda of the ruling bodies- corporate institutions, state apparatus [ … ]
Category: Absurdity of Capitalism
Opinion -America 2019: Even the Wealthy Are Poorer in Everything That Matters
As the super-successful and super-wealthy discover, financial wealth doesn’t translate into well-being, Source: Opinion -America 2019: Even the Wealthy Are Poorer in Everything That Matters
How tax haven investors profit from Edinburgh’s empty sick kid’s hospital
Profits from a controversial new children’s hospital in Edinburgh are being channelled through tax havens to offshore investors, we can reveal, prompting criticism of public sector pension fund managers and [ … ]
Nestle Says Requirement to Report Use of Slave Labor Would Cost Consumers More Money
https://thefreethoughtproject.com/nestle-anti-slavery-bill-cost/
Socialism, Privacy And Charity For The Powerful. – Caitlin Johnstone – Medium
Source: Socialism, Privacy And Charity For The Powerful. – Caitlin Johnstone – Medium
Lucrative Dealing in the Age of Austerity
Source: Lucrative Dealing in the Age of Austerity
The Rich Are Spending More Money on Art Than Wine for the First Time in Nearly a Decade, Survey Says | artnet News
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/art-market-wealth-report-1253585
Picasso’s Golden Muse smashes auction estimate to sell for £49.8m | London Evening Standard
Source: Picasso’s Golden Muse smashes auction estimate to sell for £49.8m | London Evening Standard
USS is the tip of the iceberg. Our pensions system is a hot mess – New thinking for the British economy
https://www.opendemocracy.net/neweconomics/uss-tip-iceberg-pensions-system-hot-mess/
Outsourcing Carillion finance chief ‘dumped’ shares at first opportunity | Morning Star
Source: Outsourcing Carillion finance chief ‘dumped’ shares at first opportunity | Morning Star
Brexit:- The Games Begin
Brexit:- The Games Begin. 9/2/2018 To-days opening of the Winter Olympics coincides with the delivery of an ultimatum from the EU to the UK. Just a reminder that leaving the [ … ]
Was Carillion the canary in the coal mine? – Positive Money
http://positivemoney.org/2018/02/carillion-canary-coal-mine/
FTSE and European stock markets fall after US and Asia ‘bloodbath’ | Business | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2018/feb/06/stock-markest-carnage-ftse-london-europe-falls-plunge
The economics of ridiculously expensive art – NZ Herald
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/economy/news/article.cfm?c_id=34&objectid=11987555
Carillion sale is huge error of judgement from government – News
Source: Carillion sale is huge error of judgement from government – News
Ageing Picasso’s painting of lover and virile musketeer could make £18m at Christie’s | The Art Newspaper
http://theartnewspaper.com/news/ageing-picasso-s-painting-of-lover-and-virile-musketeer-could-make-gbp18m-at-christie-s
All in a day’s work: Hedgies book £90m from Capita crash | City A.M.
Hedge funds booked a fresh set of bumper profits as shares in outsourcing giant Capita plunged today. Source: All in a day’s work: Hedgies book £90m from Capita crash | [ … ]
Capita don’t just provide some services, they run entire councils | The Independent
Outsourcer Capita hit the headlines today for all the wrong reasons, its share price collapsing 40 per cent following a profit warning and cancellation of dividend payments to shareholders. Source: [ … ]