Finance
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Student Debt Slavery: Bankrolling Financiers on the Backs of the Young | Ellen Brown
Ellen Brown -- Web of Debt Blog Dec. 26, 2018 Higher education has been financialized, transformed from a public service into a lucrative cash cow for private investors. The advantages of slavery by ...
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How Uncle Sam Launders Marijuana Money | Ellen Brown
Ellen Brown -- Web of Debt Blog Jan. 23, 2018 In a blatant example of “do as I say, not as I do,” the U.S. government is profiting handsomely by accepting marijuana cash in the payment of taxes ...
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Recent Bitcoin Correction Falls Right on Expected Growth Path | Stephen Farrington
Stephen Farrington -- World News Trust Jan. 20, 2018 A lot of sensational headlines over the past few days have announced the “crash of bitcoin,” the “bursting of the bubble,” the “beginning of the ...
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Apple investors urge action to curb child gadget addiction | AP
Image by Jose Roberto Navas. Flickr (CC BY-SA 2.0)Jan. 8, 2018 (AP) -- Two major Apple investors have urged the iPhone maker to take action to curb growing smartphone addiction among children, ...
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Systems That Suck Less | John Michael Greer
Dec. 27, 2017 (EcoSophia.net) -- Last week’s post on political economy attracted plenty of disagreement. Now, of course, this came as no surprise, and it was also not exactly surprising that most of ...
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Proof of randomness builds future of digital security | Katherine Q. Ye
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Dec. 22, 2017 (Phys.org) -- In an effort to block emerging threats to online security, researchers at Princeton University have developed a method to verify the strength of ...
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An Introduction to Political Economy | John Michael Greer
Adam Smith. By Unknown. Public Domain.Dec. 20, 2017 (EcoSophia.net) -- Last month, when I looked across the vast gray wasteland of the calendar page ahead and noted that there were five Wednesdays ...
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Capitalism And The World We Are Creating | Emanuele Corso
Emanuele Corso -- World News Trust Dec. 16, 2018 “Man’s capacity for justice makes democracy possible, but man’s inclination to injustice makes democracy necessary.” -Reinhold Niebuhr A couple of ...
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Bitcoin Futures May Offer No Way Out | Stephen Gandel
Dec. 12, 2017 (Bloomberg) -- Bitcoin traders and watchers have been busy heralding the entrance of cryptocurrencies futures. What they should really be focused on is the exit. The first 24 hours of ...
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Bitcoin Soars Past $12,000 as Futures Move Closer to Reality | Dave Liedtka
Dec. 6, 2017 (Bloomberg) -- Bitcoin surpassed $12,000 for the first time amid speculation that the widespread use of futures will help lead to digital currencies being viewed as a legitimate asset ...
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The Blockchain Is Bigger Than Any Bubble | Bloomberg News Editors
Bitcoin is a poor currency and a crazy investment -- but the technology behind it is a real breakthrough. Nov. 30, 2017 (Bloomberg) -- An influential new recruit has joined the chorus of bitcoin ...
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