Pobreza

 Neoliberalismo, a grande conspiração para ajudar os mais pobres

Johan Norberg Official

January 26 at 10:19 AM  · 

Oxfam’s new report rails against “the recent 40-year period of neoliberalism, during which economic policy choices have been purchased by rich, powerful and corrupt elites”.

If this really happened, this 40-year conspiracy to steal from the poor must be the biggest fiasco in the history of conspiracies. By far.

(Update: Yes, it's adjusted for inflation.)

Africa's future mega cities

 By 2100, 13 of the world’s 20 biggest urban areas will be in Africa.

WASHINGTONPOST.COM

Africa’s rising cities

By 2100, 13 of the world’s 20 biggest urban areas will be in Africa.

Serviço

 

País capitalista como os EUA: empregada é prestadora de serviço, contratada para executar um serviço como qualquer profissional

País semi-escravagista como o Brasil: empregada é tratada como subalterna, de terceira categoria.

País capitalista: não existem classes. Existe contatante e contratado…

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BBC.COM

'Tinha patrão, hoje tenho cliente': as diferenças de ser doméstica no Brasil e nos EUA - BBC News Brasil

Ex-BBB gerou polêmica ao reclamar que não achava alguém para 'fazer tudo' para ela em sua casa em Orlando, na Flórida; episódio evidenciou a diferença cultural radical entre os dois países em relação a essa atividade.

Novo socialismo

 

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A ascensão do novo socialismo – e o que você pode fazer quanto a isso - Instituto Rothbard

Crescimento

 

Capitalism

 The term Marx coined stuck and has led to some confusion about why markets actually work.

FEE.ORG

4 Common Capitalism Myths Debunked | James Davenport

If the United States is going to continue to see its economy grow and the living standards of its citizens improve, it is important that students are taught the basics of the economic system that has allowed them to experience Adam Smith’s “universal opulence.” Without this basic knowledge, th...

Blackrock

 Quem é a Blackrock, a gestora de $10 trilhões que "desistiu" de investir no Brasil.

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Quem é a BlackRock, a gestora de $10 trilhões que desistiu de investir no Brasil

Educação superior

 How has higher education changed over the past six decades? It’s not pretty. Real teaching, particularly by tenured faculty, is rare. We also expect less of our college kids but reward them more (a.k.a. grade inflation). And then, thanks to the distorting influence of the federal government, there is the student-loan catastrophe. What is to be done?

INDEPENDENT.ORG

A Farewell Assessment: Higher Education after Six Decades | Richard K. Vedder

Fim do capitalismo?

 Kim Stanley Robinson is the author of more than twenty books, including New York 2140, Red Moon, and the Mars trilogy. He talked to Jacobin about his latest work, his vision of socialism, and why we must fight to imagine the end of capitalism rather than the end of the world.

JACOBINMAG.COM

Imagining the End of Capitalism With Kim Stanley Robinson

Schooling

 Public school spending has become a costly failure.

FEE.ORG

The Failure of Public Schooling in One Chart | Daniel J. Mitchell