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Sources Experts & SpokespersonsSources Select ResourcesHow Rich Are the 400 Richest Americans?And What They Do With Their Money Wittner, Lawrence Article 2014 CounterPunch According to Forbes, a leading business magazine, the combined wealth of the 400 richest Americans has now reached the staggering total of $2.3 trillion. This gives them an average net worth of $5.7 b... How the aristocracy preserved their power Bryant, Chris Article 2017 The Guardian After democracy finally shunted aside hereditary lords, they found new means to protect their extravagant riches. For all the modern tales of noble poverty and leaking ancestral homes, their private w... A Marxist History of the World part 6: The First Ruling Class Faulkner, Neil Article 2010 Counterfire This week Neil Faulkner looks at the rise of the first ruling classes as the surplus created through the increasing productivity of human labour allowed a section of society to live without producing. A Marxist History of the World part 8: Crisis in the Bronze AgeFaulkner, Neil Article 2010 Counterfire Why did Bronze Age empires rise and fall amid crisis and war? And why did this contradictory social form simply replicate itself over long periods of time? Neil Faulkner looks at the evidence. A Marxist History of the World part 9: How History HappensFaulkner, Neil Article 2010 Counterfire The complex societies that emerged from the division of society into classes also created societies that were wasteful, violent, stagnant and crisis prone. Understanding why is the key to how history ... Plutocracy in AmericaRunaway Exploitation Brenner, Michael Article 2013 Counterpunch Arguments for categorizing America as a plutocracy (a government of the rich and for the rich). Top 1 percent own more than half of world's wealthMartin, Patrick Article 2015 World Socialist Web Site A new report issued by the Swiss bank Credit Suisse finds that global wealth inequality continues to worsen and has reached a new milestone, with the top 1 percent owning more of the world’s assets th... Why the Ruling Class is So Upset About Edward SnowdenThe Damage to Our Intelligence is Gut-Wrenching to See Leupp, Gary Article 2013 Counter Punch Is Snowden a hero, or a villain? The tiny power elite that controls the mainstream press and cable channels, the corporations that dutifully hand over meta-data to the state, the twin political partie... Sources BookshelfThe History of DemocracyA Marxist Interpretation Roper, Brian S. Book 2013 Roper traces the history of democracy from ancient Athens to the emergence of liberal representative and socialist participatory democracy. He argues that democracy cannot be understood separately fro... |
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