Myths of Capitalism

Return to The Wondrous Free Market

Part 3: Neoliberal free-market fundamentalism

 
 
 1) Powell memo: https://billmoyers.com/content/the-powell-memo-a-call-to-arms-for-corporations/ 
 https://dy00k1db5oznd.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Lewis-Powell-Memo.pdf 

 2) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_Nader 

 3) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Bang_(financial_markets) 

 4) https://www.desmogblog.com/mont-pelerin-society 

 5) http://speri.dept.shef.ac.uk/2019/06/05/neoliberalisms-unfailures/

 6) https://www.theguardian.com/business/1998/nov/22/observerbusiness.theobserver 

 7) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valech_Report 

 8) https://decompressinghistory.com/2018/02/18/pinochets-inequality-miracle/
 
 9) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milton_Friedman 

 10) http://www.dollarsandsense.org/archives/2007/0107reuss.html

 11) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Savings_and_loan_crisis

 12) https://www.investopedia.com/articles/financial-theory/banking-crisis-1980s.asp 

 13) https://www.thoughtco.com/chrysler-bailout-overview-3367827

 14) https://www.thoughtco.com/government-financial-bailout-history-4123193

 15) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glass%E2%80%93Steagall_legislation 

 16) https://www.thebalance.com/glass-steagall-act-definition-purpose-and-repeal-3305850 

 17) https://www.usnews.com/opinion/blogs/economic-intelligence/2012/08/27/repeal-of-glass-steagall-caused-the-financial-crisis

 18)
 https://web.archive.org/web/20090223132656/http://www.foreignaffairs.org/20090101faessay88101/roger-c-altman/the-great-crash-2008.html 

 19) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Financial_crisis_of_2007%E2%80%932008 

 20) http://www.levyinstitute.org/publications/29000000000000-a-detailed-look-at-the-feds-bailout-by-funding-facility-and-recipient

 21) https://www.sanders.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/GAO%20Fed%20Investigation.pdf 

 22) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economic_Stimulus_Act_of_2008
 
 23) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Term_Asset-Backed_Securities_Loan_Facility 

 24) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Term_auction_facility
 
 25) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troubled_Asset_Relief_Program
 
 26) https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/the-real-housewives-of-wall-street-246430/

 27) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_bank_failures_in_the_United_States_(2008%E2%80%93present) 

 28) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_United_Kingdom_bank_rescue_package

 29) https://www.britannica.com/topic/Debt-Crisis-in-the-Euro-Zone-The-1738869
 
 30) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Trade_Organization 

 31) https://www.wto.org/english/res_e/booksp_e/anrep_e/wtr06-2b_e.pdf 

 32) https://www.cato.org/publications/policy-analysis/corporate-welfare-state-how-federal-government-subsidizes-us-businesses

 33) https://www.cato.org/sites/cato.org/files/pubs/pdf/PA703.pdf

 34) https://object.cato.org/sites/cato.org/files/pubs/pdf/tbb-0205-7.pdf

 35) https://www.imf.org/en/About 

 36) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Monetary_Fund

 37) https://www.imf.org/en/Publications/WP/Issues/2019/05/02/Global-Fossil-Fuel-Subsidies-Remain-Large-An-Update-Based-on-Country-Level-Estimates-46509

 38) https://www.smh.com.au/business/us-could-cut-deficit-and-gain-but-thats-unlikely-20101207-18oew.html

 39) https://www.nal.usda.gov/topics/agricultural-subsidies 

 40) https://www.ers.usda.gov/topics/animal-products/dairy/policy.aspx

 41) https://www.thebalance.com/government-subsidies-definition-farm-oil-export-etc-3305788

 42) https://www.taxpolicycenter.org/statistics/amount-revenue-source

 43) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government_budget_balance 

 44) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Structural_and_cyclical_deficit 

 45) https://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/BRIE/2017/587388/IPOL_BRI(2017)587388_EN.pdf 
 
 46) https://www.goodjobsfirst.org/subsidizingthecorporateonepercent

 47) https://www.goodjobsfirst.org/subsidy-tracker 

 48) https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/uk-government-pays-6bn-a-year-in-subsidies-to-fossil-fuel-industry-a6730946.html 

 49) https://fullfact.org/economy/farming-subsidies-uk/ 
 
 50) https://www.economicshelp.org/blog/21641/agriculture/farming-subsidies-in-the-uk/ 

 51) https://www.citizensuk.org/subsidy_report

 52) https://issuu.com/citizensuk3/docs/citizens_uk_public_subsidy_briefing
 
 53) https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2012/mar/29/short-history-of-privatisation 

 54) https://www.researchgate.net/publication/229625537_Privatisation_in_Great_Britain

 55) https://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2019/01/great-britain-land-privatization-fact-day.html 

 56) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Privatisation_of_British_Rail 

 57)  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_Rail

 58) https://www.networkrail.co.uk/who-we-are/how-we-work/how-were-governed-and-managed/how-were-funded/ 

 59) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Financing_of_the_rail_industry_in_Great_Britain 

 60) https://www.investopedia.com/terms/p/privatizing-profits-and-socializing-losses.asp 

 61) https://fortune.com/2016/02/17/india-vodafone-taxes/ 

 62) https://www.reuters.com/article/us-vodafone-tax-idUSBRE85P0GH20120626

 63) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vodafone#Tax_avoidance

 64) https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/vodafones-84bn-tax-avoidance-bonanza-nothing-for-taxpayers-in-verizon-deal-while-bankers-share-500m-8794169.html

 65) https://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/news/article-1717070/Taxman-dined-with-Vodafone-advisers-before-deal.html

 66) https://news.yahoo.com/amazon-taxes-zero-180337770.html?fbclid=IwAR1XVnf6rrDodnp3_VxzGAZx6VTlS_6XIoedWVqVKTT21ym4sL45CAyPwnE 

 67) https://file.wikileaks.org/file/barclays-tax-avoidance-scm-censored-guardian-2009/

 68) https://file.wikileaks.org/file/barclays-tax-avoidance-scm-censored-guardian-2009/BarclaysBrazil.pdf 

 69) https://file.wikileaks.org/file/barclays-tax-avoidance-scm-censored-guardian-2009/BarclaysFaber.pdf 

 70) https://file.wikileaks.org/file/walmart-benefits-strategy-2005.pdf 

 71) https://www.goodjobsfirst.org/taxbreaktracker

 72) https://baltimorebrew.com/2011/07/14/tax-breaks-for-developers-economic-development-or-corporate-welfare/

 73) https://www.statista.com/chart/8668/the-global-cost-of-tax-avoidance/ 

 74) https://redflag.org.au/node/6418?__cf_chl_jschl_tk__=db0197c01764fc1b016c3c5e2895da74a9b76d85-1577463210-0-AXUIDyG10aX8mHMgaNazpnNAc6-tL53iJRkqmVZEqToPMfpWBfJwLL7N3legmhI22s31FalqB6wvonnWbjpbSpDPtfvhL_Ds2H0rB6V4usNpXoRrX6x9jJeomYD1lchcUUAkV1p79mr3Jydm23oCx6G94_ZlA-nIeUORzKbKr4xd5fgUIDztzkMJtZEdCBtCX7CnB3E0ex6i0jRfEKODkP9z4fiIZd7Z-hmUtDPO5lVl4gndotIZK6GKu7uIVBwkWNURnr7aSRz8b9cY1towF48

 75) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regulatory_capture 

 76) https://www.investopedia.com/terms/r/regulatory-capture.asp 

 77) https://sciencev2.orf.at/stories/1761231/index.html 

 78) https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/01944360408976336

 79) https://nationaleconomicseditorial.com/2017/11/27/americans-fiber-optic-internet/

 80) https://www.bbc.com/news/business-47120759

 81) https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/as-billions-flow-to-farmers-trump-administration-faces-internal-concerns-over-unprecedented-bailout/ar-AAH1UXa

 82) https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/24/us/politics/farmers-aid-trade-war.html

 83) https://www.jsonline.com/story/money/2018/07/25/farmers-say-trumps-12-billion-farm-aid-wont-cover-their-losses-trade-war/836140002/

 84) https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trade-farmers/u-s-government-to-pay-4-7-billion-in-tariff-related-aid-to-farmers-idUSKCN1LC23X

 85) http://www.wboc.com/story/38722681/local-farmers-react-to-12-billion-in-federal-soybean-aid

 86) https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2018/08/27/trade-wars-u-s-farmers-get-first-4-7-billion-relief/1114709002/

 87) https://www.britannica.com/topic/Franciscans 

 88) https://www.mit.edu/~thistle/v13/2/imf.html