Nota del editor: Sin sustento, no hay libertad, no hay vida, no hay forma de resistir las injusticias diarias que vienen a oprimirlo a uno cada vez más. No hay libertad. El hambre es una de las injusticias más grandes de nuestros tiempos porque el alimento es un derecho humano que se le esta negando [...]

Global Sentiment Grows for More Aggressive Recovery Efforts

by Binyamin Appelbaum July 20, 2009 Many of the banks that got federal aid to support increased lending have instead used some of the money to make investments, repay debts or buy other banks, according to a new report from the special inspector general overseeing the government’s financial rescue program.

versión en español abajo by Paul Krugman July 16, 2009 The American economy remains in dire straits, with one worker in six unemployed or underemployed. Yet Goldman Sachs just reported record quarterly profits — and it’s preparing to hand out huge bonuses, comparable to what it was paying before the crisis. What does this contrast tell us?

por S. McCoy 1 de julio, 2009 Nos hacíamos eco ayer de la repercusión que está teniendo, en el mundo financiero estadounidense, el artículo que Matt Taibbi firma en la edición de Rolling Stone del mes de julio bajo el aparatoso titular de The Great American Bubble Machine o La Gran Fábrica Americana de Burbujas, que es [...]

by Robert Scheer July 14, 2009 Connect the dots: Goldman Sachs made $3.44 billion in profit this past quarter, while the U.S deficit topped $1 trillion for the first time in the nation’s history and appeared to be headed toward doubling that figure before the budget year is out. Since most of the increase in the federal [...]

The largest banking chains are going out of their way to stiff us. by Jim Hightower July 10, 2009 Have you received your thank-you note? I’m still waiting for mine. More than a year into the Wall Street bailout, I’ve yet to get any sort of “thank you” from even a single one of the big banks that [...]

by Ralph Nader May 28, 2009 Once upon a time early in the 19th century, corporations came into existence by state legislatures approving charters, which were granted for a limited period of time and for limited purposes. These corporations – producing textiles and other products in New England – raised capital in part because their investors had [...]

Having acquired rights of immortal persons, what kind of person is the corporation? By law, the corporation can only consider the interests of their shareholders. It is legally bound to put its bottom line before everything else, even the public good. Fuente: The Corporation