Dogs of the rich. U r not what u own. Adieu. Nature shrinks, capital grows. This Map Of Health Care Costs Around The World Will Make Your Blood Boil (IMAGE) A map posted to Reddit by SwarlDelae shows the cost of healthcare around the world.
The map is created by using data from MGEN, France’s largest HMO and LMDE, France’s largest student HMO. The map is explained by the creator who writes: “Charted here is the ‘coefficient correcteur’ of each country used by both HMOs to calculate how much their clients must be repaid while abroad. Apartheid for Diamonds: How the Jewelery Trade Enslaved Millions of Africans. John VibesFebruary 17, 2014 (ANTIMEDIA) Cecil Rhodes founded the world’s most powerful diamond company DeBeers, a cartel that maintains a tight monopoly over the entire industry to this day.
To provide stability and slave labor for his diamond mines, Rhodes used the British military to establish apartheid states that were filled with concentration camps and widespread chaos. South Africa and surrounding areas were the base of his operations. In the past they were even blatant enough to call a territory “Rhodesia” (named after Cecil Rhodes), although eventually the name was changed to Zimbabwe to present the illusion that it wasn’t a British colony. After a long revolution, on April 18, 1980 the country became known as the Republic of Zimbabwe and apparently became independent, but its political system has been largely the same, and it is still very much a British colony. Income Inequality vs. Wealth Inequality. I don't think we could pull of a straight "wealth tax" as popularly outlined by folks such as Piketty, because as Piketty himself acknowledges, that would require a global tax regime.
Maybe that will happen one day, but until then, there are ways to mitigate the impact of R > G that don't require us to sit around waiting for countries such as China, Russia and other capital hungry developing countries to decide they want to join in with our kumbaya chorus and practice global tax policy. Many people point to France's failure to effectively mitigate inequality and stagnating median income as evidence that it can't be done, but France's efforts were deeply flawed. No time. A City Where Everyone Works, There Is No Police, And The Salary Is 1200 Euros. With virtually no police, crime or unemployment, meet the Spanish town described as a democratic, socialist utopia.
Unemployment is non-existent in Marinaleda, an Andalusian village in southern Spain that is prosperous thanks to its farming cooperative. On the face of it, the Spanish town of Marinaleda is indistinguishable from any other in its region. New Evidence That Half of the US Is Broke. M.truthdig. Malcolm X about two weeks before he was murdered in 1965.
AP/Victor Boynton NEW YORK—Malcolm X, unlike Martin Luther King Jr., did not believe America had a conscience. For him there was no great tension between the lofty ideals of the nation—which he said were a sham—and the failure to deliver justice to blacks. He, perhaps better than King, understood the inner workings of empire. He had no hope that those who managed empire would ever get in touch with their better selves to build a country free of exploitation and injustice. Min wage. Slavery. 4 Things You Probably Know About Poverty That Bill and Melinda Gates Don’t. Bill and Melinda Gates just released their annual letter, "Our Big Bet for the Future," with their thoughts on the current state of global poverty and the suite of projects they are funding to tackle it.
While their hopeful tone and a good deal of what they are proposing is excellent, the story they tell about poverty obscures far more than it reveals. These are not "big bets," but rather small technical fixes that can’t solve the real, underlying problems. This matters, because the Gates have an incredible amount of power to go with their wealth. Coincidence or corruption. Debt. It's you. This powerful Reddit thread reveals how the poor get by in America. A customer enters a check-cashing business in Cincinnati, Ohio.
(AP/Al Behrman) The poor pay more for everything, from rolls of toilet paper to furniture. John Stewart. $135 billion poverty. Meet The 80 People Who Are As Rich As Half The World. Wealth 7:01 PM Jan 18, 2015 By Mona Chalabi Eighty people hold the same amount of wealth as the world’s 3.6 billion poorest people, according to an analysis just released from Oxfam.
I can't take it. Pta election iPhone black friday. Good consumer. Perfect. Life of modern ppl. Money is god. Love > $ Cuz TV says so. Rich/poor. The Federal Reserve Cannot Account For $9 Trillion. Indian Mars mission. Apple. Piketty’s prophecy comes true: The planet’s middle class is rapidly going ext... This article originally appeared on AlterNet.
According to a new report, the richest one percent have got their mitts on almost half the world’s assets. Think that’s the end of the story? Smedley Butler. Tyson. Just do it. Diamonds. Monsanto. Coke. Bp. Nestle. Pfizer. Chevron. Chocolate. Hear, see speak. Jesus hated em. Piece of paper. Don't tell em. Australia vs US. Free range slave. Merry Christmas. $ makes the world go wrong. Clean water. Merry capitalism. Non-Profit Report Exposes The 10 Worst Charities In America. A groundbreaking ten-year study by The Tampa Bay Times and the Center for Investigative Reporting has exposed a number of high profile US charities for failing to pass on donations to people in need.
The study underscores the issue of the corporatization of charity – charities serving primarily as businesses, with their philanthropic aims subordinated to job creation. In short while givers believe they are donating to keep impoverished children off the streets, they’re actually paying to keep that charity collector ON the street. The teams crunched the numbers of over 11,100 US charities. Todd Garlington. Leo Tolstoy. Cromnibus. Reward banks. Snap & unemployment. Teachers. 85 billionaires. Walmart tax $ $2.1 trillion. Sex & the city 2.