Capitalism Unmasked

Capitalism Unmasked, a new eBook edited by Lynn Parramore, was produced in a partnership between AlterNet and Econ4 to expose the myths of unbridled capitalism and show the way to a better future. You can download the PDF here.

America's sick health system

Selling health insurance isn’t like selling shoes, as Econ4′s Gerald Friedman explains in this Real News Network interview:

Source: http://therealnews.com/t2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=31&Itemid=74&jumival=8638.

How Paris Hilton's Dogs Ended up Better off than You

Jerry Friedman recounts the gripping story of the greatest heist ever in the first installment of “Capitalism Unmasked,” Econ4′s joint project with AlterNet:

Elites say that we need inequality to encourage the rich to invest and the creative to invent. That’s working out well — for 1% pooches.

 

Read all about it here.

Universal Health Care: Can We Afford Anything Less?

Gerald Friedman on why only a signle-payer system can solve America’s health-care mess. Read it here.

Interview with Gerald Friedman