Category: Manifesto

  • Lobbying Firm Networks

    This article explores the following key points:

    • K Street multi-industry.
    • Gates-Ed examples.
    • Cash maps/influence.
    • Iron triangles.
    • No accountability.
  • Think Tank Funding Webs

    This article explores the following key points:

    • Koch/Gates foundations.
    • Biases/policy push.
    • Media amplification.
    • Global influence.
    • Expert breeding.
  • Private Equity Ownership

    This article explores the following key points:

    • BlackRock everywhere.
    • Vanguard stakes.
    • Concentration effects.
    • Fiat bubbles.
    • Philanthropy overlaps.
  • Student Debt Trap

    This article explores the following key points:

    • 2005 bankruptcy ban.
    • Servicing scams/equity impacts.
    • Alternatives suppressed.
    • Expert role in policy.
    • Fiat debt inflation.
  • International Coordination

    This article explores the following key points:

    • Exporting U.S. models.
    • GEB-Prussian influence.
    • Global grifts (wars/monopolies).
    • Oligarch unity.
    • Inequality spread.
  • For-Profit Scams

    This article explores the following key points:

    • Corinthian fraud/worthless degrees.
    • Accreditation rubber-stamping.
    • Govt bailouts.
    • Inequality perpetuation.
    • Philanthropy ties (Gates charters).
  • Standardized Testing Monopoly

    This article explores the following key points:

    • Pearson contracts/scandals.
    • Rote prep over creativity.
    • Gates funding/Common Core.
    • GEB legacy.
    • Global testing exports.
  • Oil Subsidies and Climate Denial – Fossil Grifts

    Regulatory capture, cover-ups; ties to expert class (Koch think tanks), fiat (subsidies as welfare).

  • Exxon Climate Cover-up

    This article explores the following key points:

    • 1970s knowledge/buried studies.
    • Lobbying/media campaigns.
    • Lawsuits/global impacts.
    • Expert denial networks.
    • Fiat subsidies enabling.
  • Fracking Exemption

    This article explores the following key points:

    • Cheney EPA rules.
    • Environmental free pass.
    • Profits vs risks.
    • Inequality (pollution in poor areas).
    • Global fracking exports.