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(Secular Common Sense) Bankers & Trump (Coronavirus)

Posted on April 16, 2020 by zjb

I know a lot of you are down on capitalism, but this little note here that even the bankers don’t seem to like Trump very much is very funny, but also to the point.  About the idea of a big … Continue reading →

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“Our Industry Follows Poverty” (Planet Money T-Shirt) (NPR)

Posted on December 4, 2013 by zjb

NPR’s Planet Money is running a multi-part series following the production of a t-shirt, from Alabama where the cotton is grown to Indonesia where it’s spun into thread, to Bangladesh and Columbia where the shirts are assembled, back to Miami … Continue reading →

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Apple (Swinish Capitalism & the “iEconomy”)

Posted on April 30, 2012 by zjb

  (Steve Jobs introducing plans for a new corporate campus to the City Council of Cupertino, CA, pictured below) (these photos ran at the NYT) Apparently Apple does not pay its full share of corporate taxes. I don’t know why … Continue reading →

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