The Global Architecture of Wealth Extraction

The Global Architecture of Wealth Extraction

Wealth inequality has reached truly epic proportions — with 62 individuals amassing the same aggregate wealth as 3.7 billion. Most of us intuitively sense that this outcome was rigged by design by a global elite. Here in the United States we know about things like...
The Panama Papers – What Happens When Corruption Is Systemic

The Panama Papers – What Happens When Corruption Is Systemic

Over the weekend, an historic release of information came out in the Panama Papers showing exactly who, how, and when a vast network of people stole and hoarded money. Our minds easily grok the realities of Vladimir Putin embezzling a billion dollars through offshore...
Greece: it’s all going with the flow

Greece: it’s all going with the flow

This blog was originally published on Medium as part of Story Europe Reading the commentaries on #Greece in the last few weeks, it’s clear that there is a degree of genuine shock and consternation rippling through groups who have traditionally been the main...