Tag: Corruption
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History repeating itself: A year after Mubarak’s ouster, many Egyptians still angry
Things never change! CAIRO – Egyptian activists vowed to flood Tahrir Square and cripple the country with a strike this weekend, saying that one year after forcing a dictator from power their revolution is far from complete. Egypt’s economy has suffered since Hosni Mubarak’s ouster: Foreign investment has dried up and tourists are staying away.…
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Is Modern Capitalism outdated?
Is 20th century capitalism failing 21st century society? With the world still shaking from the global economic earthquake, and suffering daily aftershocks, it is not surprising to find more and more people asking themselves whether capitalism is dead. Today we are back to the inequality of 1929 and the Great Depression. High unemployment and the…