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Archives: Economy
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6 Lessons From Nonviolent Organizing for Resisting Trumpism
The Beautiful Trouble Team | ( Waging Nonviolence ) | - - Trouble vs. Trump Drawing from the Beautiful Trouble and Beautiful Rising toolboxes, here are six key concepts that may prove…![Welcome to Psychopathocracy](http://web.archive.org./web/20170116130752im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2017/01/welcome-to-psychopathocracy-187x137.jpg)
Welcome to Psychopathocracy
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - We are now on the brink of a new form of government, undreamed of by Aristotle, who spoke of monarchy, aristocracy and democracy.…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170116130752im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2017/01/image-20170108-18659-1fbqo3l-187x137.jpg)
Exxon’s Rex Tillerson and the rise of Big Oil in American politics
Brian C. Black | (The Conversation) | - - “How Big Oil Bought the White House and Tried to Steal the Country” is the subtitle of a book that tells the story…![Even in the Trump Era, Inequality can be Reduced](http://web.archive.org./web/20170116130752im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/12/even-in-the-trump-era-inequality-187x137.jpg)
Even in the Trump Era, Inequality can be Reduced
By Josh Hoxie | (Otherwords.org) | - - With Washington looking hopeless, it's up to local communities to close the gap between the richest and the rest. In a lot of ways,…![Trump’s Extreme Oligarchy](http://web.archive.org./web/20170116130752im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/12/trumps-extreme-oligarchy-187x137.jpg)
Trump’s Extreme Oligarchy
By Simon Johnson | ( Project Syndicate) | - - WASHINGTON, DC – US President-elect Donald Trump is filling his cabinet with rich people. According to the latest count, his nominees include…![Remember when Dems were blasted for Class War? Meet Trump’s Cabinet](http://web.archive.org./web/20170116130752im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/12/remember-when-dems-were-blasted-187x137.jpg)
Remember when Dems were blasted for Class War? Meet Trump’s Cabinet
By Sam Pizzigati | ( Institute for Policy Studies) | - - Donald Trump and the business kingpins populating his inner circle want to slice the tax bill of America’s top 0.1…America’s Rigged Casino of Wealth and Power: Trump’s New Gilded Age
By Sam Pizzigati | ( Inequality.org In the years right after World War II, average Americans got ahead. Now Americans are getting headaches — from a ferociously top-heavy distribution of the nation’s…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170116130752im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/12/5ea3f71722228ebb05459982db954ace.square-1.png)
It’s the Economy, Stupid: Ending ‘Religious’ Violence in the Middle East
Moha Ennaji | (Project Syndicate) | - - FEZ – The escalation of radicalism, violence, and civil wars in the Middle East since the so-called Arab Spring revolts began in 2010 has…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170116130752im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/12/bankersprins-180x137.jpg)
Billionairocracy: Trump didn’t drain the Swamp, he is Drowning us in it
By Nomi Prins | ( Tomdispatch.com | - - Given his cabinet picks so far, it’s reasonable to assume that The Donald finds hanging out with anyone who isn’t a billionaire (or…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170116130752im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/11/countthedeadturse-1-180x137.jpg)
The Manhattan White House, the Secret Service, and the Painted Bikini Lady
By Nick Turse | ( Tomdispatch.com) | - - High above, somewhere behind the black glass façade, President-elect Donald J. Trump was huddled with his inner circle, plotting just how they would…![Maybe if most Americans knew who Berlusconi was they wouldn’t have elected Trump](http://web.archive.org./web/20170116130752im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/11/maybe-if-most-americans-knew-who-187x137.jpg)
Maybe if most Americans knew who Berlusconi was they wouldn’t have elected Trump
By Bill Emmott | (Project Syndicate) | - - LONDON – For the past couple of weeks, the world has been guessing at how US President-elect Donald Trump will behave in office…![With Trump, we’ve all Entered the Dark Dimension of Dormamu](http://web.archive.org./web/20170116130752im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/11/with-trump-weve-all-entered-the-187x137.jpg)
With Trump, we’ve all Entered the Dark Dimension of Dormamu
By James A. Haught | (Charleston Gazette-Mail) | - - Existentialists contend that humanity has a streak of irrational absurdity that defies logical understanding. The Donald Trump presidential victory rouses that feeling.…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170116130752im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/11/51zkBgydslL._SX312_BO1204203200_-1-187x137.jpg)
Election Postmortem: Did the Labor Unions get Taken for a Ride?
By Andrew Kolin | (Informed Comment) | - - According to a recent article in the Wall Street Journal, “Labor Unions Step Up Presidential Election Spending,” labor unions contributed to Hillary Clinton…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170116130752im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/11/shadowgovengelhardt-1-180x137.jpg)
America through the Hell-Gate of Horn
By Tom Engelhardt | ( Tomdispatch.com) | - - The one thing you could say about empires is that, at or near their height, they have always represented a principle of order…![If he wins: The Coming Trump Market Crash & Great Recession](http://web.archive.org./web/20170116130752im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/11/if-he-wins-the-coming-trump-mark-187x137.jpg)
If he wins: The Coming Trump Market Crash and Great Recession
By Simon Johnson | (Project Syndicate) | - - WASHINGTON, DC – With the United States’ presidential election on November 8, and a series of elections and other political decisions fast approaching…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170116130752im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/10/trump223-750x563-1-187x137.jpg)
Why couldn’t the Corporate Old Boys’ Network Stop Trump?
By Johan Chu & Jerry Davis | (The Conversation) | - - If corporate money controls our politics, as Bernie Sanders and others have claimed, then how did the Republican Party –…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170116130752im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/10/51lR32j-RSL._SY344_BO1-1-187x137.jpg)
Can America’s Middle Class make a Comeback?
By Munir Moon | (Informed Comment) | - - The middle class is getting crushed. But there is hope. The most common argument about the middle class destruction is the declining or…![The Vanity of the Billionaires: Circuses and no Bread](http://web.archive.org./web/20170116130752im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/10/the-vanity-of-the-billionaires-c-187x137.jpg)
The Vanity of the Billionaires: Circuses and no Bread
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Rome was a republic until between 40 and 27 BCE, when the generals overthrew it. Military dictator Gaius Octavius put the nail in…![Journalist Amy Goodman to Surrender and Fight Dakota Charges](http://web.archive.org./web/20170116130752im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/10/journalist-amy-goodman-to-surren-187x137.jpg)