This site is dedicated to the single purpose of making the term ‘financialization’ a part of our national conversation.
Financialization refers to a new way of doing business: instead of profits earned from actually making a product, profits are earned via stock market performance. This means the 'product' becomes secondary to dividends.
Financialization also includes an oligarchical component wherein the elite make policy decisions, steer economies, and control governments.
Financialization is seen by many economists as a natural step in overall economic systems. It is seen by many economists as having a disastrous effect on national spending, consumer behavior, and democracy.
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Would That We Could, Like Iceland
There’ll be a movie coming out in December entitled “The Big Short”based upon a book by the same name which was written by Michael Lewis of “Moneyball” and “The Blind Side” fame. The book is a tedious timeline of … Continue reading
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The Cost of Financialization
Corporations currently earn their money through a myriad of paper transactions rather than by producing an actual product – this is Financialization and its negative effects on the economy continue to expose themselves. In a newly publish Forbes article, contributor … Continue reading
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China is Doing It Right: Handling Corporate Corruption and Defiance
This recent post in The Atlantic reminds us of something we all know: Wall Street is as corrupt as the movies portray it to be. Writer Bouree Lam discusses a recent report out of Notre Dame that examines whether or not … Continue reading
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The Myth of Free Market Enterprise
Capitalism thrives on a free market and its staunch supporters are heard loudly complaining if the R-word is mentioned (R = Regulations). Free market proponents claim that any kind of government interference in the form of regulations will constrain the … Continue reading
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