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Financial crises

The $10 trillion hangover

by Linda J. Bilmes, Joseph E. Stiglitz,

Paying the price for eight years of Bush

By the rivers of Babylon

by Lewis H. Lapham,

Utopia falls

by John Gray,

Localize

by Bill McKibben,

Reindustrialize

by Eric Janszen,

Plan

by James K. Galbraith,

Can Capitalism survive? No. I do not think it can. —Joseph Schumpeter, 1942 The problem is not how to save capitalism but how to save the unique and successful mixed…

Tax the Land

by Michael Hudson,

Protect Financial Consumers

by Elizabeth Warren, Amelia Warren Tyagi,

Go into any appliance store in America and look for a toaster with a one-in-five chance of exploding. You won’t find one. But at any mortgage brokerage in the country…

Abolish Stock Options

by Barry C. Lynn,

Realign the Interests of Wall Street

by Joseph E. Stiglitz,

The Next Bubble