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Why taxing the rich & corporations is not the only step we need to take – reversing the top-down class warfare

September 24, 2025 Mark Orton 0

Many on the left are calling for increasing taxes on the rich and corporations to fund the government while reducing the burden on most Americans. […]

Intel and Financialization – harvesting money brings loss of focus on products….

September 2, 2025 Mark Orton 0

Intel is in the news these days because it’s stumbling and Trump efforts to make our government a shareholder. Professor Bill Lazonick spoke about financialization […]

Price Gouging and Research Costs in the Pharmaceutical Industry ERALD KOLASI

May 18, 2025 theheist 0

https://technodynamics.substack.com/p/price-gouging-and-research-costs Excellent piece. See this iconic examination: Lazonick, William, Matt Hopkins, Matthew Frye Jacobson, Mustafa Sakinc, and Oner Tulum. “US Pharma’s Financialized Business Model.” Institute […]

How to end the financialization of corporations

April 29, 2025 theheist 0

ending the tsunami of money into the hands of the rich As I have noted many times here, the financialization of corporations, that is the […]

Extraction Capitalism – the latest phase

April 29, 2025 theheist 0

a more descriptive name than neoliberal capitalism There is no single entity called “capitalism”. Such a concept exists only as an academic construct (see orthodox […]

Financialization and going off the rails with Norfolk Southern

April 18, 2025 theheist 0

a revisit with this 3.8.2023 post From Production to Extraction The financialization of corporations is one of the most important developments in capitalism over the […]

Air Travel and Financialization

March 25, 2025 theheist 0

Financialization can seem an abstraction too far. The sheer length of the word suggests an academic boondoggle is at hand. But anyone who has taken […]

Financialization and going off the rails with Norfolk Southern

February 18, 2025 theheist 0

Financialization is an awful word. It sounds clumsy in the mouth and refers to a process that has been underway for over 40 years but […]

What is financialization and why does it matter? – part 3

February 11, 2025 theheist 0

Changes in Economic Policy and Regulation In two earlier posts, “What is financialization and why does it matter? – part 1” and “What is financialization […]

What is financialization and why does it matter? – part 1

February 6, 2025 theheist 0

Financialization is one of the most important drivers of changes in the last 50 years in American capitalism, and consequently in our society. As noted […]

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