Candidates calls for change to economy rhetoric

Leo Panitch interview Part 2: No US candidate talking about democratizing economy

There is no real public discussion either in the media or by presidential candidates to make the changes necessary to democratize the economy. We have seen a general move to an increasingly regressive tax system in the past 30 or 40 years in the US and Europe. Public boards should make corporations and banks more accountable. Full Story »

Posted by Kaizar Campwala
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Subjects: U.S., Politics, Business
Topics: Presidential Election 2008, U.S. Economy
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Posted by: Posted by Kaizar Campwala - May 5, 2008 - 9:31 AM PDT
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Dale Penn
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by Dale Penn - Oct. 1, 2008

Democratizing industry is a concept that is not bantered about regularly in the media. This interview, and yesterday's Part 1 of this interview, introduce the concept in a simplistic fashion and stress the role of the media in shaping the political discussion necessary to inform both our nation's citizen's and it's politicians. I downgraded the style on this piece as the title is very awkwardly worded and actually seems to state exactly the opposite of what the story is about.

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Kaizar Campwala
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by Kaizar Campwala - Oct. 1, 2008
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