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Investors Betting on Stability Despite Occupy Hong Kong Protest
Report finds that ease of doing business in unique city-state has top notch stability despite Occupy Hong Kong movement
Labour Revitalized: A New British Labour Party?
One cannot ignore that New British Labour Party achieved historic success under its revamped policies, and therefore New Labour was far more than a set of disconnected ideas, it was a centre-left revolution.
The Judgement Stand: Stereotyping Poverty
The welfare system was not invented by the poor. It is meant to be a response to the state of poverty produced by the financial crisis characteristic of capitalist economies. The workforce reduction in an economic crisis automatically and inevitably produces a level of unemployment that is not accidental.
Bosnian Youth Unemployment Crisis Pains Post-War Nation
In heart of European economic malaise is a generation suffering Bosnian youth unemployment
Rediscovering a Letter to Pope Francis on Behalf of Adjunct Justice
English translation of 2013 letter to Pope Francis (in Spanish) about adjunct academic labor in the US and asking for social justice in Catholic Universities. It is the one year anniversary of this letter about Mary Margaret Vojtko’s death as a Duquesne University adjunct.
New Report Highlights Need for More Health Industry Transparency
Obamacare releases trove of data but experts call for increased health industry transparency
Meaning of Comedian John Oliver Ayn Rand Rant
HBO late night political comedian John Oliver Ayn Rand criticism comes from British liberal tradition with a dash of American Jon Stewart style jokes
Socialist Senator Sanders Warns of Runaway Two-Party Corruption
Lone independent in Senate warns country is under threat of permanent two-party corruption
Anti Austerity Party Takes Lead in Polls in Greece
Greece’s anti austerity party Syriza has taken the lead in polls for the next scheduled election due to take place in June 2016. The Syriza party has opposed the harsh economic austerity measures which were put into place following the onset of its economic crises.