Tag Archives: ideology

TPP: The Fascism Issue

Posted on May 4, 2015 by Joe Firestone | 11 comments

If the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Agreement will, if implemented, and as I’ve argued elsewhere, result in the death of national and state sovereignty, constitutional separation of powers, and democracy, then what system and what principles will replace these things? Eric Zuesse answers that it will be Fascism. And implicitly, that we are going through an evolution from representative democracy to fascism and that trade deals like the TPP, the Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP), and the Trade in Services Agreement (TiSA) mediate the transfer “. . . of democratic national sovereignty to international fascist bodies that represent global corporate management. . . . ”

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Tagged autarky, command economy, congress, consent of the governed, fascism, Fast Track Authority, ideology, investor state dispute settlement, ISDS, ISDS tribunals, MMT, modern money theory, national sovereignty, separation of powers, state sovereignty, totalitarianism, TPP, Trans-Pacific Partnership

Bordier — A Bottom-Up Solution to Cross-Border Conflicts: The Case of the Middle East and ISIL

Posted on September 27, 2014 by Joe Firestone | 13 comments

By Nancy Bordier
(reposted by Joe Firestone with permission of the author)

Introduction

The outbreak of another Western-led military conflict in the Middle East is widely viewed as unwinnable. It is also viewed as counterproductive because of its potential to help its target, ISIL, the anti-Western fanatical social movement, recruit new volunteers in its crusade to topple Middle East regimes.

My view, as a political scientist, is that none of the players currently involved can bring peace or stability to the region. The “perpetual war” the protagonists appear to be unleashing is more likely to cause even more human suffering and displacement in the region on a scale previously unimaginable.

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Tagged Bottom-Up solutions, ideology, interactive voter choice system, ISIL, IVCS, Middle East, Re-Invent Democracy, special interests, terrorism

Ideology trumps science and blocks regulation

Posted on October 8, 2012 by Devin Smith | 10 comments

By William K. Black
(Cross posted at Benzina.com)

This column was prompted by a story that ran Friday entitled “Congressman Calls Evolution Lie from ‘Pit of Hell.’” Yes, unintentional self-parody continues to reign supreme.

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Tagged climate change, ideology, regulation

Krugman Now Sees the Perversity of Economics’ “Culture of Fraud”

Posted on August 11, 2012 by Stephanie Kelton | 5 comments

By William K. Black

Paul Krugman has written an article entitled “Culture of Fraud” about the Romney economics team.

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Tagged accounting control fraud, bank fraud, fraud, Greg Mankiw, ideology

Responses to Blog 41: MMT, Austrians, and Ideology

Posted on March 15, 2012 by Mitch Green | 44 comments

By L. Randall Wray

Sorry for the delay. I will respond to comments on my blog and also to comments on Dan Kervick’s excellent piece on MMT (part one—if I have any comments for part two I will post them after I get time to read the post and comments).

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