Economic elites and organized groups representing business interests have substantial independent impacts on government policy, while average citizens and mass-based interest groups have little or no independent influence.
Economic elites and organized groups representing business interests have substantial independent impacts on government policy, while average citizens and mass-based interest groups have little or no independent influence.
The idiot crew around Donald Trump may have been so focused on personal enrichment schemes that they didn’t bother to examine the medium- to long-term effects of waging war on Iran. Patrick Boyle makes a key point when he talks about “…the hole in the global energy supply that no amount of diplomatic pressure can fill…”
Even without his massive conflicts, Is Elon Musk qualified to restructure programs created by elected representatives of the people?
Naomi Klein gets it. The economy needs to be structured for the many, not the 1%. A couple of other…