GaiusPublius: `LiberalismDoesn`t Carrythe Critique ofCapitalismthatProgressivismDoes` http://feedly.com/k/IVf0dL ByGaiusPublius, a professionalwriterlivingontheWestCoastoftheUnitedStates. Followhimon Twitter @Gaius_PubliusandFacebook. CrosspostedfromAmericaBlog I’vebeenfascinated lately with the meaning of the terms “liberal” and “progressive.” It’s clear that what we now call “liberalism” is really a variant, a side branch of the real thing, and should be more properly named “FDR liberalism” or “social liberalism.” Today’s “liberalism” — FDR-liberalism — is an offshoot of pre-FDR liberalism … Seguir leyendo Gaius Publius: `Liberalism Doesn`t Carry the Critique of Capitalism that Progressivism Does`

Finanza: El Bitcoin bajo la lupa de la UE http://feedly.com/k/IK7tix La Autoridad Bancaria Europea ha puesto sobre aviso a los inversores por los riesgos de fuertes fluctuaciones en el cambio de moneda y en la ciberseguridad para aquellos que utilicen monedas virtuales como el Bitcoin, informa Financial Times El aviso sigue al que han efectuado las autoridades británicas y llega cuando los bancos centrales están … Seguir leyendo Finanza: El Bitcoin bajo la lupa de la UE

Italia: El fascismo al final de la horca http://feedly.com/k/IKmnFq Linkiesta, Milan – Las manifestaciones de "Forconi" [literalmente, los que portan horcas] que paralizan las ciudades italianas desde hace días han tomado por sorpresa a casi todo el mundo. Pero sus reivindicaciones no partidistas contra la austeridad y las élites enmascaran similitudes inquietantes con los principios del movimiento autoritario que llevó al poder a Mussolini. Ver … Seguir leyendo Italia: El fascismo al final de la horca

Italy’s "PitchforkProtests" SpreadtoRome; Interior MinisterWarnsof "DriftIntoRebellion" http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MishsGlobalEconomicTrendAnalysis/~3/VF9T4ugSY6c/italys–pitchfork–protests–spread–to.html Over the past four days "pitchfork protests" have spread to numerous cities, disrupting road and rail travel in protest at state of economy. The pitchfork movement started with a loose group of Sicilian farmers concerned about rising taxes and cuts to agricultural state funds, then evolved into a nationwide umbrella grouping of truckers, small businessman, the unemployed, low-paid … Seguir leyendo Italy’s “Pitchfork Protests” Spread to Rome; Interior Minister Warns of “Drift Into Rebellion”

BillMoyers: TheGreatAmericanClassWar, PlutocracyVersusDemocracy http://feedly.com/k/1jVQEPD ByBillMoyers, hostoftheweeklypublictelevision series Moyers & Companyandwinnerofnumerousawardsoverhis 40 yearsin broadcast journalism. He deliveredtheseremarks (slightlyadaptedhere) attheannualLegacyAwardsdinneroftheBrennanCenterforJustice, a non-partisanpublicpolicyinstitutein New YorkCitythatfocusesonvotingrights, moneyinpolitics, equaljustice, andother seminal issuesofdemocracy. OriginallypublishedatTomDispatch I met Supreme Court Justice William Brennan in 1987 when I was creating a series for public television called InSearchoftheConstitution, celebrating the bicentennial of our founding document. By then, he had served on the court longer than … Seguir leyendo Bill Moyers: The Great American Class War, Plutocracy Versus Democracy

ProducerOfPhysical "Casascius" BitcoinsIsBeingTargetedByTheFeds http://feedly.com/k/19GQdkP SubmittedbyMichaelKriegerofLibertyBlitzkriegblog, Meet Mike Caldwell. He is the maker of what seems to be themost popular physicalbitcoinsonthemarket, theCasasciuscoin. All Mr. Caldwell does is have people who want the coins produced send him a certain quantity of bitcoin and then for a $50 fee he puts the private key on a physical coin and sends them back. For this horrible crime of ingenuity … Seguir leyendo Producer Of Physical “Casascius” Bitcoins Is Being Targeted By The Feds

Euro startingtoweighoncorporateprofitability http://feedly.com/k/1eaehnx Bloomberg has a goodstory this morning on how a strong euro is now forcing automakers such as Peugeot and Fiat to cut their year-end profit targets. Nothing is ever easy is it? European growth improves and now a strong euro might kick things into reverse. The ECB should take note. Europe is becoming Japan and the periphery is paying the price (deflation) … Seguir leyendo Euro starting to weigh on corporate profitability

TheIMFWantsYouToPay 71% IncomeTax http://feedly.com/k/1jV6Kt4 SubmittedbySimonBlackofSovereignManblog, TheIMFjustdroppedanotherbombshell. After it recently suggested a “one-off capital levy” – a one-time tax on private wealth as an exceptional measure to restore debt sustainability across insolvent countries – it has now called for “revenue-maximizing top income tax rates”. The IMF’s team of monkeys has been working around the clock on this one, figuring that developed nations can increase their overall … Seguir leyendo The IMF Wants You To Pay 71% Income Tax