Journal: Chuck Spinney Flags Jeff Madrick on Greed and Corruption in Form of Economic “Rents” in Form of Massive Unwarranted Bonuses and Salaries Among Wall Street, Federal Reserve, and Revolving Department of Defense Leaders

In the attached essay, my friend Jeff Madrick uses the unbridled greed of the finance industry (now trying to rescue itself from its own excesses by sucking at the government teat) to highlight the basic hypocrisy in the so-called free-market economy of go-go capitalism.  Jeff summarizes the results of two recent mainstream economic studies which …

Worth a Look: Book Reviews on War Complex—War as a Racket

War Complex—War as a Racket Review:DVD: Behind Every Terrorist There Is a Bush Review DVD: The Fog of War – Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara Review DVD: Lord of War (Widescreen) (2005) Review DVD: The Good Soldier Review (DVD): Unthinkable Review DVD: Why We Fight (2006) Review: Betraying Our Troops–The Destructive …