Capitalism News

In many ways, the unstoppable power of free market capitalism is winning, even if it is being regulated out of existence.

As we enter a new age of thinking, it seems as though the ideals of the American Dream are stuck in antiquity. It is these residual industrialist ideals that keep people hanging on to the old world while being left behind by the new.

I have slowly distanced myself from politics over the past 15 years. I’ve become more and more disillusioned with our nation’s leadership at large.

London - The BBC has produced a short TV series about the men it says are the masters of money: Karl Marx, Friedrich Hayek and John Maynard Keynes. Such folly.

Edinburgh - A combination of social media networks and increasingly powerful technological advances looks likely to take us down a path where we learn to hack everything ourselves to suit our particular requirements.

Sydney - If you’re looking for evidence of the criminal mismanagement of America, you don’t need to go past the latest figures from the Fed. The net value of an American family after debt is a paltry $77,300, down from $126,400 in 2007.

On 1 May 2012, Occupy movements in several cities used the workers' holiday to relaunch their campaigns. A CBC radio documentary which aired several weeks ago emphasized the "Occupy Vision" to replace capitalism with economic democracy.

When the Titanic sank in 1912, death for many people was almost preordained by their social status. On hundred years later, things have not changed much for the rich and for the poor.

Less than 24 hours after their tents were removed from outside St. Paul's Cathedral in London, the Occupy protesters were back for their General Assembly, planning the next stage of their campaign. Earlier I interviewed supporter Tina Bakolitsa.

London - British Prime Minister David Cameron may have no friends on the left, but after today's pronouncements, he won't have many left in the boardroom either.