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Below are groups and resources (books, articles, websites, etc.) related to this topic. Click on an item’s title to go its resource page with author, publisher, description/abstract and other details, a link to the full text if available, as well as links to related topics in the Subject Index. You can also browse the Title, Author, Subject, Chronological, Dewey, LoC, and Format indexes, or use the Search box. Results38 Connexions Library1 Connexions Directory of Groups & Websites 1 Sources Library 1 From the Connexions Archives Connexions LibraryBillionaires, Crime, and Corruption  Spritzler, John Article 2001 What does it really mean when somebody claims to own hundreds of millions or even billions of dollars? What is a billionaire like David Rockefeller really telling us? He's saying that land he may neve... Das Capital, Volume 1: A Critical Analysis of Capitalist Production Marx, Karl Book 1867 Marx's great work sets out to grasp and portray the totality of the capitalist mode of production, and the bourgeois society that emerges from it. He describes and connects all its economic features, ... Connexions Library: Economy, Poverty, Work Focus Website Selected articles, books, websites and other resources on the economy and economics. The Ecology of Freedom: The Emergence and Dissolution of Hierarchy Bookchin, Murray Book 1982 Bookchin's synthesis of ecology, anthropology and political theory traces conflicting legacies of hierarchy and freedom from the first emergence of human culture to today's globalized capitalism, cons... Fear of Falling: The Inner Life of the Middle Class Ehrenreich, Barbara Book 1989 Examines the insecurities of the middle class in an attempt to explain its turn to the right during the past two decades. Fear of Falling traces the myths about the middle class to their roots in the ... Forbes 400 list of world's richest people highlights growth of social inequality Hightower, Ed Article 2014 Forbes magazine published its 28th annual list of the world's wealthiest individuals and families on Monday. In all, the research team behind the Forbes Billionaires list found a total of 1,645 billio... Global inequality, illustrated, described, explained Angus, Ian Article 2014 Global inequality depitcted through images and quotes. How Rich Are the 400 Richest Americans?: And What They Do With Their Money Wittner, Lawrence Article 2014 According to Forbes, a leading business magazine, the combined wealth of the 400 richest Americans has now reached the staggering total of $2.3 trillion. This gives them an average net worth of $5.7 b... Keeping the Rich Invisible: How Census Bureau Hides the Super-rich Parenti, Michael Article 1998 Of late much media attention has been given to the CEOs who rake in tens of millions of dollars annually in salaries and perks. But little is said about the tens of billions that these same corporatio... Man's Worldly Goods: The Story of the Wealth of Nations Huberman, Leo Book 1936 Huberman sets out to explain history using economic theory, and to explain economic theory using history. He tries to explain, in terms of the development of economic thought, why certain doctrines ar... Maybe 99% is a bit much, but... Henwood, Doug Article 2011 It is a fact that over the last couple of decades, much of the growth in total income in the U.S. has gone to the upper reaches of society. The Myth of the Good Corporate Citizen: Democracy Under the Rule of Big Business Dobbin, Murray Book 1998 Dobbin argues that transnational corporations (TNG's) have power over every nation's government; they are not the good citizens they claim to be. Open Veins of Latin America: Five Centuries of the Pillage of a Continent Galeano, Eduardo Book 1971 A political economy, a social and cultural narrative, and a powerful description of primitive capital accumulation. Other Voices: The Connexions Newsletter - February 26, 2015: Ukraine Diemer, Ulli (editor); Khan, Tahmid (production) Serial Publication (Periodical) 2015 Ukraine is spotlighted in this issue of Other Voices, with several articles on the events of the past year, from the overthrow of the government, to the rise of the far right, the armed conflict in th... Other Voices: The Connexions Newsletter - May 7, 2016: Tax Evasion Diemer, Ulli (ed.) Serial Publication (Periodical) 2016 Employing a network of accountants, tax lawyers, corporate shells, tax havens, secret bank accounts, and other methods, the 1% have become extremely adept at evading even the low rates of taxation the... The Paranoia of The Superrich And Superpowerful Chomsky, Noam Article 2013 The United States is in favor of stability. But you have to remember what stability means. Stability means conformity to U.S. orders. We “stabilize” countries when we invade them and destroy them. Passionate Declarations: Essays on War and Justice Zinn, Howard Book 1990 Essays looking at American political ideology. Plutocracy in America: Runaway Exploitation Brenner, Michael Article 2013 Arguments for categorizing America as a plutocracy (a government of the rich and for the rich). Quotes about Wealth and the Rich Unclassified Race and Class: The Wealth Gap: Against The Current vol. 88 Miah, Malik Article 2000 Politicians and government officials point to the historic low unemployment level in the Black community as signs of a strong economy and a future where whites and African Americans will finally have ... Some Historical Perspectives on Canadian Agrarian Political Movements: The Ontario Origins of Agrarian Criticism of Canadian Industrial Society Hann, Russel Book 1971 Some Lives: A GP's East End Widgery, David Book 1993 The author, a Marxist and a doctor, writes about the patients he treated in Canary Wharf - a community in East London plagued by poverty and crime. State of Power 2014 Article 2014 A report with iinfographics and essays that expose and analyse the principal power-brokers that have caused financial, economic, social and ecological crises worldwide. Targeting Iran Barsamian, David Book 2007 A critical analysis of the Bush administration's policies towards Iran. Three Big Lies of the Super-Rich: Why Being in the Highest Class Doesn't Mean You're a High Class Person Bucheit, Paul Article 2012 The conservative spin of the media is designed to protect the rich from challenge. Top 1 percent own more than half of world's wealth Martin, Patrick Article 2015 A new report issued by the Swiss bank Credit Suisse finds that global wealth inequality continues to worsen and has reached a new milestone, with the top 1 percent owning more of the world’s assets th... The Trouble With Billionaires McQuaig, Linda; Brooks, Neil Book 2010 The glittering lives of billionaires may seem to be a harmless source of entertainment, but authors Linda McQuaig and Neil Brooks argue that such financial power not only threatends everyone's economi... Wealth: Having It All and Wanting More Article 2015 Global wealth is increasingly concentrated in the hands of a small wealthy elite. These wealthy individuals have generated and sustained their vast riches through their interests and activities in a f... Wealth in America Brneer, Michael Article 2011 The greatest wealth transfer in America history goes on – into the bank accounts of the nation's 2% upper crust from the increasingly threadbare pockets of the lower 85% - to the sounds of silence. Wealth, Income, and Power Domhoff, G. William Article 2005 This document presents details on the wealth and income distributions in the United States, and explains how we can use these two distributions as power indicators. What Every Environmentalist Needs To Know about Capitalism: A Citizen's Guide to Capitalism and the Environment Magdoff, Fred; Foster, John Bellamy Book 2011 A manifesto for those environmentalists who reject schemes of “green capitalism” or piecemeal reform. Magdoff and Foster argue that efforts to reform capitalism along environmental lines or rely solel... Who do we try to rescue today?: Canada under corporate rule Finn, Ed Book 2000 A collection of essays discussing aspects of the role of corporations in late-20th-century Canada. Connexions Directory of Groups & WebsitesSources LibraryChina censors reports about elite's hidden funds 2014 Access to the websites of Le Monde, The Guardian, Global Mail, El País and Süddeutsche Zeitung were blocked in China after they and other international media reported the results of research into the ... From the Connexions ArchivesS.M. Lipset Social Scientist of the Smooth Society Jacobs, James Article A critique of S.M. Lipset's book Political Man, this article problematizes the assumptions made by social scientists. |
