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Not TINA (There Is No Alternative) but TAPAS: THERE ARE PLENTY OF ALTERNATIVES
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The dramatic shift in south European politics - Morning Star Online

The dramatic shift in south European politics - Morning Star Online | real utopias | Scoop.it
James Petras examines how an increasingly radicalised middle class has led to the rise of the populist left in Greece, Spain and Italy
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The American Middle Class Isn’t Coming Back — It’s Going To Die With The Baby Boomers | For Economic Justice

The American Middle Class Isn’t Coming Back — It’s Going To Die With The Baby Boomers | For Economic Justice | real utopias | Scoop.it
Enlarge(Credit: Robert Kneschke via Shutterstock) On June 15, 2015, Scott Timberg writes in Salon: It’s no secret that the American middle class has been on
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A 26-year-old MIT graduate is turning heads over his theory that income inequality is actually…

A 26-year-old MIT graduate is turning heads over his theory that income inequality is actually... - The Ferenstein Wire - Medium
Wealthy tech founders and the automation of middle-class jobs are often blamed for increasingly concentrations of wealth…
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Even the rich think the middle class is getting screwed

Even the rich think the middle class is getting screwed | real utopias | Scoop.it
RT @TheWealthER: Even the rich think the middle class is getting screwed http://t.co/KRz9JxTefU http://t.co/xmx6SyjD1F
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ZCommunications » “Syrian Kurds: This is a Genuine Revolution”

ZCommunications » “Syrian Kurds: This is a Genuine Revolution” | real utopias | Scoop.it
Professor of Anthropology at the London School of Economics, activist, anarchist David Graeber had written an article for the Guardian in October, in the first weeks of the ISIS attacks to Kobane (North Syria), and asked why the world was ignoring the revolutionary Syrian Kurds.
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The Rise Of The Uncollared Worker And The Future Of The Middle Class - Forbes

The Rise Of The Uncollared Worker And The Future Of The Middle Class - Forbes | real utopias | Scoop.it
Like the cultural and professional shifts that arose from white collar, blue collar, and pink collared workers, we are now in the era of the “uncollared worker.” The rise of this new uncollared workforce will fundamentally and permanently change the...
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Work and a Sustainable Future - Huffington Post

Work and a Sustainable Future - Huffington Post | real utopias | Scoop.it


The importance of a middle class is that it gives the average person an ownership stake in society and has led to both higher quality of life and political stability.

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Even the Upper Middle Class Struggles to Save Money

Even the Upper Middle Class Struggles to Save Money | real utopias | Scoop.it
Five years after the recession, only half of households earning $75,000 to $99,999 have enough savings to get through a three-month stretch of unemployment (Over 40% of upper middle-class households don't save.
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There Will Be No Real Recovery Without The Middle Class - Forbes

There Will Be No Real Recovery Without The Middle Class - Forbes | real utopias | Scoop.it


Despite blather about our “democratic capitalism,” stock ownership is increasingly concentrated with the wealthy as the middle class retrenches.

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Liberal Policies Can't Help but Destroy the Middle Class - TheBlaze.com

Liberal Policies Can't Help but Destroy the Middle Class - TheBlaze.com | real utopias | Scoop.it

In the mid fifth century A.D., in the waning days of the Roman Empire, the corrupt ruling elite in Rome turned the once revered legions against their citizen provincials in order to exact what had become a crushing tax burden.

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Britain's, Not France's, Middle Class Is Being 'Run Into The Dust'

Britain's, Not France's, Middle Class Is Being 'Run Into The Dust' | real utopias | Scoop.it
George Tyler looks at a recent spat between British and French politicians about the position of the middle class.
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