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American Economics

To understand the brutality of American capitalism, you have to start on the plantation…

August 15, 2019 By jamesb

A New York Times piece that looks at capitalism and workers rights and the idea of slavery.... A couple of years before he was convicted of securities fraud, Martin Shkreli was the chief executive of a pharmaceutical company that acquired the rights to Daraprim, a lifesaving … [Read more...] about To understand the brutality of American capitalism, you have to start on the plantation…

Filed Under: Government, Law, Politics, the Economy Tagged With: American Economic growth, American Economics, Banks, Capitalism, mortgages, Profits, Slavery, The South, Unions

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