Article Links RE: Capitalism

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Trickle-down economics is a nightmare. Kansas proved it.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/trickle-down-economics-is-a-nightmare-kansas-proved-it/2017/06/12/c2d7aae0-4fa6-11e7-91eb-9611861a988f_story.html

The wikipedia article on Basic Income
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basic_income

Basic Income.Org
http://basicincome.org/

Thinking Utopian: How about a universal basic income?
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2013/05/11/thinking-utopian-how-about-a-universal-basic-income/

The Economic Case for a Universal Basic Income (Part 1 of a series)
http://www.economonitor.com/dolanecon/2014/01/03/the-economic-case-for-a-universal-basic-income/

Basic income is coming to Ontario: now what?
https://www.thestar.com/opinion/commentary/2016/10/07/basic-income-is-coming-to-ontario-now-what.html?bt_alias=eyJ1c2VySWQiOiAiOTYxZTNlMjctMjA1OC00ZWNhLThiNjgtNTQwNzUwNTNlN2NmIn0%3D

It's Time For Canada To Test A Basic Income
http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/sen-art-eggleton/art-eggleton-basic-income_b_9331180.html?ncid=fcbklnkcahpmg00000008

Inspired by 1970s Manitoba, Dutch city tests guaranteed income
http://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/as-it-happens-wednesday-edition-1.3132277/inspired-by-1970s-manitoba-dutch-city-tests-guaranteed-income-1.3134611?cmp=rss

A Canadian City Once Eliminated Poverty And Nearly Everyone Forgot About It
http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2014/12/23/mincome-in-dauphin-manitoba_n_6335682.html

Hurricane Harvey - Landlords demand rent for flooded homes
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/sep/04/hurricane-harvey-landlords-demand-rent-for-flooded-homes


U.S. corporations earn record high profits, pay record low taxes
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/u-s-corporations-earn-record-high-profits-pay-record-low-taxes/

Nearly 8 out of 10 Americans living paycheck to paycheck
https://www.usatoday.com/videos/money/2017/08/24/nearly-8-out-10-americans-living-paycheck-paycheck/104906840/

The US Postal Service's forced financial crisis
https://www.thomhartmann.com/blog/2012/08/us-postal-services-forced-financial-crisis

Surviving the post-employment economy
http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2013/11/surviving-post-employment-economy-201311373243740811.html#.UngqgIWmAaE.facebook

Trump Eliminates Plastic Water Bottle Ban in National Parks, Removes White House Bikeshare Station
https://www.ecowatch.com/trump-bikeshare-2474011772.html

Jared Kushner's firm seeks arrest of Maryland tenants to collect debt
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/investigations/bs-md-kushner-arrests-20170812-story.html

Coca Cola's Role in the Assassinations of Union Leaders Explored in Powerful New Documentary
http://www.alternet.org/story/146579/coca_cola%27s_role_in_the_assassinations_of_union_leaders_explored_in_powerful_new_documentary

“Calculated misery”: how airlines profit from your miserable flying experience
https://www.vox.com/culture/2017/4/14/15275642/united-airlines-calculated-misery-dragging-man-off-plane

Media’s Grim Addiction to Perseverance Porn
http://fair.org/home/medias-grim-addiction-to-perseverance-porn/

As fidget spinner craze goes global, its inventor struggles to make ends meet
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2017/may/03/fidget-spinner-inventor-patent-catherine-hettinger

New York Man Arrested for Cutting Wires to Red Light Cameras After Exposing Government Revenue Generating Scheme
http://photographyisnotacrime.com/2016/04/26/new-york-man-arrested-for-cutting-wires-to-red-light-cameras-after-exposing-government-revenue-generating-scheme/

When the Boss Says, 'Don't Tell Your Coworkers How Much You Get Paid'
https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2014/07/when-the-boss-says-dont-tell-your-coworkers-how-much-you-get-paid/374467/

Vancouver property owners 'panic' to rent as vacancy tax implemented
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/property-owners-panic-as-vacancy-tax-takes-effect-1.4190576
(NOTE: "Why were they empty?" They’re meant to be investment properties- bought, left empty, and then sold a year or few later for huge profit as housing values continue to rise. It’s a massive part of the bc housing bubble, and why despite so much new construction it’s still so difficult to find rental housing.)

Appeals court rules in favor of Jimmy John's franchisee
http://www.startribune.com/appeals-court-rules-in-favor-of-jimmy-john-s-franchisee/432345053/

30% of Medical Bills Go To Administrative Costs
https://www.singlecare.com/blog/30-medical-bills-go-administrative-costs/

U.S. health care admin costs are double the average
http://money.cnn.com/2017/01/11/news/economy/healthcare-administrative-costs-us-obamacare/index.html

GM says you don't own your car, you just license it
https://boingboing.net/2015/05/21/gm-says-you-dont-own-your-ca.html

Internal Condoms Become Prescription Only
https://www.hivplusmag.com/prevention/2017/6/16/internal-condoms-become-prescription-only

The FBI And Defense Department Are Investigating America's Biggest Psychiatric Hospital Chain
https://www.buzzfeed.com/rosalindadams/largest-us-psychiatric-chain-faces-widening-investigation?utm_term=.xfPMRapW5#.qfg3akmxX

Rich People ‘More Likely To Lie, Cheat And Break The Law’
http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2012/02/28/rich-people-cheat-lie-break-law_n_1306167.html

EPA faults N.C. over health of minority communities near hog farms
http://www.newsobserver.com/news/politics-government/state-politics/article127286899.html

America is Regressing into a Developing Nation for Most People
https://www.ineteconomics.org/perspectives/blog/america-is-regressing-into-a-developing-nation-for-most-people

Mercer Island votes to sue Sound Transit, WSDOT over I-90 HOV lanes
http://www.king5.com/traffic/mercer-island-votes-to-sue-sound-transit-wsdot-over-i-90-hov-lanes/408238361

Minimalism Is Just Another Boring Product Wealthy People Can Buy
http://thefinancialdiet.com/minimalism-just-another-boring-product-wealthy-people-can-buy/

Inside Alabama’s Auto Jobs Boom: Cheap Wages, Little Training, Crushed Limbs
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2017-03-23/inside-alabama-s-auto-jobs-boom-cheap-wages-little-training-crushed-limbs

‘I was stunned by the business’: Fast food CEO says profits soared after minimum wage hike
http://www.rawstory.com/2017/01/i-was-stunned-by-the-business-fast-food-ceo-says-profits-soared-after-minimum-wage-hike/

Hawaiians call Mark Zuckerberg 'the face of neocolonialism' over land lawsuits
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/jan/23/mark-zuckerberg-hawaii-land-lawsuits-kauai-estate

Column: The claim that if wages go up, jobs will go down is not a theory — it’s a scam
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/making-sense/column-claim-wages-go-jobs-will-go-isnt-theory-scam/

Paying People to Stay Home When They’re Sick Results in Fewer People Getting Sick
http://nymag.com/scienceofus/2016/08/paid-sick-leave-can-significantly-reduce-flu-rates.html?mid=forbes

Some College Students Are Angry They Have To Pay To Do Their Homework
https://www.buzzfeed.com/leticiamiranda/access-codes?utm_term=.glWbg275E#.pubd6A3bl

Diabetes Patients Are Losing Limbs And Sight Because They Can’t Afford Insulin
https://consumerist.com/2016/08/23/diabetes-patients-are-losing-limbs-and-sight-because-they-cant-afford-insulin/

Why Young Americans Are Giving Up on Capitalism
https://foreignpolicy.com/2016/06/16/why-young-americans-are-giving-up-on-capitalism/

How Therapy Became A Hobby Of The Wealthy, Out Of Reach For Those In Need
http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2016/06/30/481766112/how-therapy-became-a-hobby-of-the-wealthy-out-of-reach-for-those-in-need?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=20160630

Minimum wage in Puerto Rico will be lowered to $4.25 per hour
https://waragainstallpuertoricans.com/2016/04/15/minimum-wage-in-puerto-rico-will-be-lowered-to-4-25-per-hour/

This Is Why Poor People’s Bad Decisions Make Perfect Sense
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/linda-tirado/why-poor-peoples-bad-decisions-make-perfect-sense_b_4326233.html

The dark side of Dubai
http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/commentators/johann-hari/the-dark-side-of-dubai-1664368.html

The Rise of the Working Poor and the Non-Working Rich
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-reich/working-poor-non-working-rich_b_6973822.html

Colorado Lunch Lady Says She Was Fired for Giving Kids Free Meals
https://www.yahoo.com/gma/colorado-lunch-lady-says-she-fired-giving-students-180252609--abc-news-topstories.html

Clearer picture emerging over Brazil's mining disaster
http://www.dw.com/en/clearer-picture-emerging-over-brazils-mining-disaster/a-19006554

Aunt who sued boy, 12: It was about insurance
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2015/10/14/aunt-who-sued-young-nephew-for-breaking-her-wrist-during-greeting-says-it-was-purely-an-insurance-case/73928504/

Ex-hedge funder buys rights to AIDS drug and raises price from $13.50 to $750 per pill
http://www.rawstory.com/2015/09/ex-hedge-funder-buys-rights-aids-drug-and-raises-price-from-13-50-to-750-per-pill/

That Guy Who Is Price-Gouging AIDS Patients Also Did It to Kids with Kidney Disease
http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2015/09/22/martin_shkreli_price_gouging_the_hedge_fund_bro_pulled_drug_price_hike_scheme.html

It Is Expensive to Be Poor
https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2014/01/it-is-expensive-to-be-poor/282979/

The Likely Cause of Addiction Has Been Discovered, and It Is Not What You Think
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/johann-hari/the-real-cause-of-addicti_b_6506936.html

The rent really is too damn high: Why American renters have never had it worse
http://www.salon.com/2015/08/19/the_rent_really_is_too_damn_high_why_american_renters_have_never_had_it_worse_partner/

A Troubling Review of Public Transit in New Orleans Since Katrina
https://www.citylab.com/transportation/2015/08/a-scathing-review-of-public-transit-in-new-orleans-since-katrina/401423/

Bodies of Armenian Genocide survivors to be exhumed for beach resort
http://www.beirutreport.com/2015/06/bodies-of-armenian-genocide-survivors-to-be-exhumed-for-beach-resort.html

When I lost my hands making flatscreens I can't afford, nobody would help me
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/jun/11/lost-hands-making-flatscreens-no-help

America is an Ayn Randian dystopia: The five-step process that is privatizing the country to oblivion
http://www.salon.com/2015/05/05/america_is_an_ayn_randian_dystopia_the_five_step_process_that_is_privatizing_the_country_to_oblivion_partner/

The Price of Nice Nails
https://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/10/nyregion/at-nail-salons-in-nyc-manicurists-are-underpaid-and-unprotected.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&module=span-ab-lede-package-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news&smid=tw-nytimes&_r=0

The Privatization of Water: Nestlé Denies that Water is a Fundamental Human Right
http://www.globalresearch.ca/the-privatisation-of-water-nestle-denies-that-water-is-a-fundamental-human-right/5332238

California Is Fast Running Out of Water—Blame It on Big Ag
http://www.alternet.org/environment/california-fast-running-out-water-blame-it-big-ag

Neoliberal plague: AIDS and global capitalism
https://www.pambazuka.org/global-south/neoliberal-plague-aids-and-global-capitalism

Battle for lashes
http://sea-globe.com/battle-for-lashes-false-eyelashes-indonesia-java-purbalingga-southeast-asia-globe-hardianto/

Amazon 'used neo-Nazi guards to keep immigrant workforce under control' in Germany
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/amazon-used-neo-nazi-guards-to-keep-immigrant-workforce-under-control-in-germany-8495843.html

What is it about Capitalism that Requires the Creation of Huge Debt Bubbles?
http://www.massline.org/PolitEcon/ScottH/WhyDebtBubbles-081003.pdf

Your Lifestyle Has Already Been Designed
http://www.raptitude.com/2010/07/your-lifestyle-has-already-been-designed/

Changed Life of the Poor: Better Off, but Far Behind
https://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/01/business/economy/changed-life-of-the-poor-squeak-by-and-buy-a-lot.html

Indian artifact treasure trove paved over for Marin County homes
http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Indian-artifact-treasure-trove-paved-over-for-5422603.php#page-1

DC's Poorest Residents Fight Displacement by Gentrification
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/21563-poorest-residents-fight-displacement-by-gentrification

Jagged little pill: has the recovery narrative gone too far?
https://purplepersuasion.wordpress.com/2014/06/11/jagged-little-pill-has-the-recovery-narrative-gone-too-far/

Why It Matters That Politicians Have No Experience of Poverty
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2014/06/why-it-matters-that-politicians-have-no-experience-of-poverty/371857/?utm_source=pulsenews

If a Corporation (BP) Pleads Guilty to Manslaughter, Who Goes to Prison?
http://www.allgov.com/news/top-stories/if-a-corporation-bp-pleads-guilty-to-manslaughter-who-goes-to-prison-130201?news=846933

Housing The Homeless Not Only Saves Lives — It’s Actually Cheaper Than Doing Nothing
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/03/25/housing-first-homeless-charlotte_n_5022628.html

The U.S. Government Stopped a Minimum Wage Increase in Haiti
http://www.kulturekritic.com/2013/01/news/the-u-s-government-stopped-a-minimum-wage-increase-in-haiti/

That Time Stephen Colbert Created A Public Relations Nightmare for Walmart
http://blog.workingamerica.org/2013/11/20/that-time-stephen-colbert-created-a-public-relations-nightmare-for-walmart/

Andrew Anderson, Fla. teen, arrested for giving away discounted items at Goodwill
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/andrew-anderson-fla-teen-arrested-for-giving-away-discounted-items-at-goodwill/

'Straight up bullshit': inmates paid $1 to clear homeless camps they once lived in
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/aug/09/portland-homelessless-camps-inmate-clean-up

Prison Quotas Push Lawmakers To Fill Beds, Derail Reform
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/09/19/private-prison-quotas_n_3953483.html

California to feds: Pay $18M fire debt or we'll watch it burn
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/07/08/california-to-feds-pay-18m-fire-debt-or-well-watch-it-burn.html

California Prisoners Provide Cheap Labor to Fight Dangerous Wildfires
https://www.prisonlegalnews.org/news/2017/apr/3/california-prisoners-provide-cheap-labor-fight-dangerous-wildfires/

The New Slave Revolt
https://www.commondreams.org/views/2016/10/11/new-slave-revolt

7 HOUSEHOLD NAMES MAKING A KILLING OFF OF THE PRISON-INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX
http://www.collective-evolution.com/2016/05/05/7-household-names-making-a-killing-off-of-the-prison-industrial-complex/

What?!? Private prisons suing states for millions if they don’t stay full
https://rollingout.com/2013/09/26/what-private-prisons-suing-states-for-millions-if-they-dont-stay-full/

‘I Put in White Tenants’: The Grim, Racist (and Likely Illegal) Methods of One Brooklyn Landlord
http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2015/05/grim-racist-methods-of-one-brooklyn-landlord.html

Gentrification Comes to LA’s Skid Row, and the Homeless Get the Shaft
https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/qbe3y3/gentrification-comes-to-las-skid-row-and-the-homeless-get-the-shaft

It Was Always Supposed To Be A Living Wage
https://www.thebillfold.com/2015/07/it-was-always-supposed-to-be-a-living-wage/#.5zitvpr7c

Debunking: “If You Raise The Minimum Wage, It Will Cause Inflation”
https://medium.com/@discomfiting/debunking-if-you-raise-the-minimum-wage-it-will-cause-inflation-c0db32f579f8#.q3kd3hqbn

24 hours with: A MINIMUM WAGE WORKER
http://money.cnn.com/interactive/pf/24-hours-with-norma-marin/

The Myth of Working Your Way Through College
https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2014/04/the-myth-of-working-your-way-through-college/359735/

This Is Your Minimum Wage Worker
https://thoughtcatalog.com/abby-rosmarin/2013/11/this-is-your-minimum-wage-worker/

Column: Employers Can Take ‘Personal Responsibility’ For Poverty Wages
http://www.tinadupuy.com/column/employers-can-take-personal-responsibility-for-poverty-wages/

Chicago won’t allow high school students to graduate without a plan for the future
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/chicago-wont-allow-high-school-students-to-graduate-without-a-plan-for-the-future/2017/07/03/ac197222-5111-11e7-91eb-9611861a988f_story.html

The Progress Report: Foodstamps Cost a Few Bucks, Corporate Welfare Costs Billions
http://ctj.org/ctjinthenews/2013/11/the_progress_report_foodstamps_cost_a_few_bucks_corporate_welfare_costs_billions.php#.WVU1ZrEpCfA

Don’t Leave Health Care to a Free Market
https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/07/10/opinion/health-insurance-free-market.html?mcubz=0

Cherokee Nation sues drug firms, retailers for flooding communities with opioids
https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/cherokee-nation-sues-drug-firms-retailers-for-flooding-communities-with-opioids/2017/04/20/03d04a74-2519-11e7-b503-9d616bd5a305_story.html?tid=ss_fb&utm_term=.e986d3cc0888

Boy's Death Fuels Drives to Fund Dental Aid to Poor
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/02/AR2007030200827.html

Insurance Company Must Pay $10 Million For Revoking Policy Of Teen With HIV
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/murray-waas/insurance-company-must-pa_b_289841.html?

Legal Loophole Ensnares Breast-Cancer Patients
https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB118781024289705455

Illness Persisting in 9/11 Workers, Big Study Finds
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/06/nyregion/06health.html?_r=0

Awash In Cash, Drug Cartels Rely On Big Banks To Launder Profits
http://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2014/03/20/291934724/awash-in-cash-drug-cartels-rely-on-big-banks-to-launder-profits

SAT Scores and Family Income
https://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/08/27/sat-scores-and-family-income/

Tying Texas school funding to testing hurts students and taxpayers
https://www.tribtalk.org/2016/09/30/tying-texas-school-funding-to-testing-hurts-students-and-taxpayers/

The Ableist, Racist, Classist Underpinnings Of ‘Laziness’
https://theestablishment.co/the-ableist-racist-classist-underpinnings-of-laziness-5426361736ee

US poor and middle class give more to charity, but wealthy pull back
https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/USA-Update/2014/1006/US-poor-and-middle-class-give-more-to-charity-but-wealthy-pull-back

Twenty-First Century Victorians
https://www.jacobinmag.com/2016/10/victorian-values-fitness-organic-wealth-parenthood/

When Sleeping In The Car Is The Price Of A Doctor Visit
http://www.npr.org/2017/06/20/533210947/when-sleeping-in-the-car-is-the-price-of-a-doctor-visit?utm_source=tumblr.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=20170620

Locked Up for Being Poor
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/05/opinion/locked-up-for-being-poor.html?referer=https://t.co/7JVvL8vycG

It's better to be rich and mediocre than poor and bright in the UK, admits Education Secretary
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/pupils-rich-families-talented-poorer-children-education-secretary-justine-greening-equality-a7659346.html?cmpid=facebook-post

10 Ridiculously Overpriced Hospital Costs
http://mbamedical.com/10-rediculously-overpriced-hospital-charges/

In Tampa, Food Not Bombs activists arrested for feeding the homeless—again
http://www.cltampa.com/news-views/local-news/article/20848403/tampa-activists-arrested-for-feeding-the-homeless

​Canadian Cop Posing As Homeless Person Fines Guy For Giving Him Change
https://www.vice.com/en_ca/article/ppve3y/canadian-cop-posing-as-homeless-person-fines-guy-for-giving-him-change-vgtrn

Oakland sues Wells Fargo, alleging predatory lending on minority clients
http://www.sfgate.com/aboutsfgate/article/Oakland-sues-Wells-Fargo-alleging-predatory-6522958.php

L.A. council OKs law limiting homeless people's belongings to what can fit in a trash bin
http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-homeless-belongings-20160331-story.html

Yes, summer job paid tuition back in ’81, but then we got cheap
http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/yes-summer-job-paid-tuition-back-in-rsquo81-but-then-we-got-cheap/

The Yelp employee who wasn’t making enough money to eat
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2016/02/23/i-was-picking-up-pennies-ex-employee-says-after-decrying-yelps-wages-and-losing-her-job/

Robert Reich: How to fix the economy — step No. 1
http://www.salon.com/2015/05/10/robert_reich_how_to_fix_the_economy_partner/?utm_source=Tumblr&utm_medium=Tumblr%20Share&utm_campaign=Tumblr

Healthy eating adds $2K a year to family grocery bill
http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/healthy-eating-adds-2k-a-year-to-family-grocery-bill-1.2452451

City shuts off water to delinquent residents; hits Baltimore Co. homes hardest
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/baltimore-city/bs-md-ci-water-shutoffs-20150515-story.html

Housing benefit changes 'could force 11,000 disabled people out of homes'
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2011/jun/02/housing-benefit-disabled-people-streets

The long, painful and repetitive history of how Baltimore became Baltimore
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2015/04/29/the-long-painful-and-repetitive-history-of-how-baltimore-became-baltimore/

"Why Don’t the Unemployed Get Off Their Couches?" and Eight Other Critical Questions for Americans
https://www.commondreams.org/views/2014/06/03/why-dont-unemployed-get-their-couches-and-eight-other-critical-questions-americans

Anya Groner: The Heart You Save Won’t Be Your Own
https://www.guernicamag.com/anya-groner-the-heart-you-save-wont-be-your-own/

The 1% wants to ban sleeping in cars – because it hurts their 'quality of life'
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/apr/15/ban-sleeping-in-cars-homeless-silicon-valley

Poverty isn't a Money Problem
http://www.economicpopulist.org/content/poverty-isnt-money-problem-5520

Colo. principal says she was fired over "disrespectful" policy towards poor children
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/former-colo-principal-claims-fired-for-fighting-student-humiliation/

Man says he was fired for refusing to work Thanksgiving
http://wsbt.com/news/local/man-says-he-was-fired-for-refusing-to-work-thanksgiving

The charter-school lie: Market-based education gambles with our children
http://www.salon.com/2013/11/04/the_charter_school_lie_market_based_education_gambles_with_our_children/

Unpaid Intern Is Ruled Not an ‘Employee,’ Not Protected From Sexual Harassment
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2013-10-08/phoenix-television-dodges-sexual-harassment-suit-from-unpaid-intern

Poverty in 2013: When Even Diapers Are a Luxury
https://www.thenation.com/article/poverty-2013-when-even-diapers-are-luxury/#

A college degree is worth less if you are raised poor
https://www.brookings.edu/blog/social-mobility-memos/2016/02/19/a-college-degree-is-worth-less-if-you-are-raised-poor/

The Growing College-Degree Wealth Gap
https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2016/04/the-growing-wealth-gap-in-who-earns-college-degrees/479688/

The Other NRA: How the Insidiously Powerful Restaurant Lobby Makes Sure Fast-Food Workers Get Poverty Wages and Have to Work While Sick
http://www.alternet.org/labor/other-nra-how-insidiously-powerful-restaurant-lobby-makes-sure-fast-food-workers-get-poverty?paging=off

quotes RE: capitalism
http://dieofliving.dreamwidth.org/988.html