Remember that old saw: “The rich get richer and the poor get poorer.” Ends up it’s true. Forbes reports that…
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Capitalism Is Organized Crime—Meet the Victims
Capitalism Is Organized Crime – Meet the Victims “There is … in the economy always a wage rate at which…
The Cheapest Way to Get Nowhere Good … and Somewhere to Stay When You Get There
Uber and Airbnb are perhaps the best known and most heavily used of the new corporate online business platforms that…
Shopping in the Security State
On any given day, if you peruse the newspapers, odds are you’ll read about an event that changes “everything” –…
No Child Left Unmarketized
If you want to understand the neoliberal theory of education, there is no better place to start than with Milton…
De-educating Society (Part 1): Burning Down the House
The 2008 economic meltdown served as the signal to gut the public school system in the U.S. In October 2014,…
De-educating Society (Part 2): Squandering “Our Greatest Resource”
Our greatest national resource is the minds of our children.[1]Walt Disney Walt Disney’s famous quote seems like a good place…
Higher Education Hits a New Low
By Michael Ryan Writing in 2009, David Small argued that while neoliberals claim that the corporatization of education, with the…
A Nation of Prison Houses (Part 2) – Making a Buck in the Pig’s Pen
By Michael Ryan A Nation of Prison Houses (Part 2) – Making a Buck in the Pig’s Pen[1] In August,…
A Nation of Prison Houses (Part 1) – Tallying the Damage Done
By Michael Ryan A Nation of Prison Houses (Part 1) – Tallying the Damage Done If Tsarist Russia was “a…