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american free enterprise system: your town - a story of america 1940
Bookmarked 717 weeks ago 1940 http:thefilmarchivedblogspotcoma new group of economic theorists led by david hume and adam smith in the mid 18th century challenged fundamental mercantilist doctrines as the belief that the amount of the world039s wealth remained constant and that a state could only increase its wealth at the expense of another stateduring the industrial revolution the industrialist replaced the merchant as a dominant actor in the capitalist system and effected the decline of the traditional handicraft skills of artisans guilds and journeymen also during this period the surplus generated by the rise of commercial agriculture encouraged increased mechanization of agriculture industrial capitalism marked the development of the factory system of manufacturing characterized by a complex division of labor between and within work process and the routine of work tasks and finally established the global domination of the capitalist mode of productionbritain also abandoned its protectionist policy as embraced by mercantilism in the 19th century richard cobden and john bright who based their beliefs on the manchester school initiated a movement to lower tariffs in the 1840s britain adopted a less protectionist policy with the repeal of the corn laws and the navigation acts britain reduced tariffs and quotas in line with adam smith and david ricardo039s advocacy for free tradekarl polanyi argued that capitalism did not emerge until the progressive commodification of land money and labor culminating in the establishment of a generalized labor market in britain in the 1830s for polanyi quotthe extension of the market to the elements of industry - land labor and money - was the inevitable consequence of the introduction of the factory system in a commercial societyquot other sources argued that mercantilism fell after the repeal of the navigation acts in 1849in the period following the global depression of the 1930s the state played an increasingly prominent role in the capitalistic system throughout much of the worldafter world war ii a broad array of new analytical tools in the social sciences were developed to explain the social and economic trends of the period including the concepts of post-industrial society and the welfare state this era was greatly influenced by keynesian economic stabilization policies the postwar boom ended in the late 1960s and early 1970s and the situation was worsened by the rise of stagflationexceptionally high inflation combined with slow output growth rising unemployment and eventually recession to cause a loss of credibility in the keynesian welfare-statist mode of regulation under the influence of friedrich hayek and milton friedman western states embraced policy prescriptions inspired by laissez-faire capitalism and classical liberalismin particular monetarism a theoretical alternative to keynesianism that is more compatible with laissez-faire gained increasing prominence in the capitalist world especially under the leadership of ronald reagan in the us and margaret thatcher in the uk in the 1980s public and political interest began shifting away from the so-called collectivist concerns of keynes039s managed capitalism to a focus on individual choice called quotremarketized capitalismquot in the eyes of many economic and political commentators the collapse of the soviet union brought further evidence of the superiority of market capitalism over communismalthough international trade has been associated with the development of capitalism for over five hundred years some thinkers argue that a number of trends associated with globalization have acted to increase the mobility of people and capital since the last quarter of the 20th century combining to circumscribe the room to maneuver of states in choosing non-capitalist models of development today these trends have bolstered the argument that capitalism should now be viewed as a truly world system however other thinkers argue that globalization even in its quantitative degree is no greater now than during earlier periods of capitalist trade |
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noam chomsky at occupy boston: video 1 of 3
Bookmarked 738 weeks ago activists and scholar noam chomsky at occupy boston: video 1 of 3noam chomsky is one of the many speakers as part of the howard zinn memorial lecture series at occupy bostonto learn more about the lecture series see http:zinnlectureswordpresscomhttp:wwwoccupybostonorghttp:twittercomoccupybos_mediahttp:wwwoccupytogetherorg |
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10 steps toward radical revolution - the mike malloy show 02-13-12
Bookmarked 713 weeks ago mike reads bill quigley039s 03910 steps toward radical revolution in the us039 written for 039counterpunchorg039http:bitlyzpgzshhttps:wwwmikemalloycom |
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build nonpartisan left
Bookmarked 752 weeks ago donate: http:bitly7owkc2 blog: http:punkpatriotblogspotcomfacebook: http:bitly1otiqi twitter: http:wwwtwittercompunkpatrioti make t-shirts: http:punkpatriotetsycom |
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a businessman occupies wall street david intrator on ows
Bookmarked 738 weeks ago manhattan-based brand consultant david intrator discusses the nature of the occupy wall street movementsource: http:wwwtruthdigcomavboothitema_businessman_occupies_wall_street_20111022 |
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central bankers control the sheeple of the world
Bookmarked 739 weeks ago the central bankers who rule the world are the cause of many of our problems you are just another debt and tax slave to them a sheeple human livestockjfk tried to rescue you in 1963 he signed executive order 11110 which stripped the federal reserve bank of its power to loan money to the us government in less than five months after signing that executive order and after his now famous speech warning the people of their evil elitist intent president kennedy was assassinated this order with the intention of putting them out of business and issuing silver certificates was overthrown by lyndon johnson after jfk was killed undermining the autonomy of nation-states as it proceeds with its long-term plan of a global government and a single world currency there is a way you can crash the central banking cartel put your savings into gold and silver and get some guns because an uprising will most likely be necessary |
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occupy london stock exchange: temple church marshal leap castle carroll trust interests
Bookmarked 736 weeks ago occupy london:uk government leaked sources have disclosed that the farnborough aerospace development corporation039s board of directors included a galaxy of hm ministry of defence and royal air force public figures it is known in the public realm that air chief marshal sir david evans air marshal sir ivor broom together with sir ewen broadbent sir kenneth macdonald were farnborough aerospace board members some of whom are thought to have co-ordinated with scotland yard along with other high profile public figures including air chief marshal sir patrick hine sir john chilcot and lord armstrong cabinet secretary in lady thatcher039s premiership international news networks:http:cityoflondon-policeblogspotcom |
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message from anonymous to world leaders english voice spanishrevolution
Bookmarked 754 weeks ago from spanishrevolution to globalrevolution |
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23 things they don039t tell you about capitalism
Bookmarked 731 weeks ago speaker: professor ha-joon changchair: professor robert wadethis event was recorded on 5 october 2010 in old theatre old buildingwe may like or dislike capitalism but surely we all know how it works right wrong today most arguments about capitalism are dominated by free-market ideology and unfounded assumptions that parade as 039facts039 this lecture in which ha-joon chang will talk about his new book 23 things they don039t tell you about capitalism tells the story of capitalism as it is and shows how capitalism as we know it can be and should be made better |
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trillion-dollar jet wasting your tax
Bookmarked 716 weeks ago via wired: quotthe f-35 joint strike fighter the supposed backbone of the pentagon039s future air arsenal could need additional years of work and billions of dollars in unplanned fixes the air force and the government accountability office revealed on tuesday congressional testimony by air force and navy leaders plus a new report by the gao heaped bad news on a program that was already almost a decade late hundreds of billions of dollars over its original budget and vexed by mismanagement safety woes and rigged test resultsat an estimated 1 trillion to develop purchase and support through 2050 the lockheed martin-built f-35 was already the most expensive conventional weapons program ever even before tuesday039s bulletinsquot the young turks host cenk uygur shares the kicker which is that 12 other countries are looking to buy the plane after it039s completed even though us taxpayers are footing the r ampamp d for the project http:wwwwiredcomdangerroom201203f35-budget-disastersubscribe to the young turks: http:bitlyewuu5ifind out how to watch the young turks on current by clicking here: http:wwwcurrentcomgettyt the largest online new show in the worldgoogle: http:wwwgplustotheyoungturksfacebook: http:wwwfacebookcomtytnationtwitter: http:twittercomtheyoungturks |
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peter schiff vs cornell west on cnn039s anderson cooper 360
Bookmarked 737 weeks ago quotif they really want a bright future for this country it039s capitalism that will provide it not governmentquotthat039s what peter schiff told princeton university professor cornell west last night in a heated debate on cnn039s anderson cooper 360 they were discussing schiff039s recent reasontv appearance in which he engaged protestors at occupy wall street with a sign that read quoti am the 1 let039s talkquot air date: october 27 2011here039s the original video: http:wwwyoutubecomwatchv=ugl-ex1cd1capproximately 935 minutes go to reasontv for hd ipod and audio versions of this video and subscribe to reasontv039s youtube channel to receive automatic notification when new material goes live |
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bilderberg 2012 power elites plot in secrecy
Bookmarked 706 weeks ago for the last half century an organization of the world039s most powerful political and corporate elites have met annually in secret all around the world there is no official press coverage and the meetings happen behind closed doors this year the power elite are meeting in chantilly virginia right next to washington dc abby martin of rt covers the first day of protests and finds out why people are so concerned about its secrecy and what they speculate is being plannedlike us andor follow us:http:twittercomrt_americahttp:wwwfacebookcomrtamerica |
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zeitgeist - moving forward full movie 2011
Bookmarked 725 weeks ago this is the official online youtube release of quotzeitgeist: moving forwardquot by peter joseph 30 subtitles addedon jan 15th 2011 quotzeitgeist: moving forwardquot was released theatrically to sold out crowds in 60 countries 31 languages 295 cities and 341 venues it has been noted as the largest non-profit independent film release in history this is a non-commercial work and is available online for free viewing and no restrictions apply to uploadingdownloadpostinglinking - as long as no money is exchanged a free dvd torrent of the full 2 hr and 42 min film in 30 languages is also made available through the main website below with instructions on how one can download and burn the movie to dvd themselves his other films are also freely available in this formatwebsite:http:wwwzeitgeistmovingforwardcomhttp:wwwzeitgeistmoviecomrelease map:http:zeitgeistmovingforwardcomzmap5 dvd: http:zeitgeistmoviecomorderhtmlmovement:http:wwwthezeitgeistmovementcom |