“The system has lost its self evidence, its automatic legitimacy and now the field is open.” Slavoj Zizek Slavoj Zizek, popular and renowned Slovenian political philosopher often cited by the Occupy Wall Street movement, is an outspoken critic of both capitalism and communism. In an excellent interview with Al Jazeera, Slavoj Zizek describes how […]
Read MoreThe recent “Occupy Wall Street” protest movements have once again drawn attention to banking and the pitfalls of deregulation that accompanied the repeal of much of the Glass-Steagall Act of 1933 with the passage of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act of 1999. There has indeed been much ado about the Glass-Steagall Act, also known as the Banking […]
Read MoreThe recent “Occupy Wall Street” protest movements have once again drawn attention to banking and the pitfalls of deregulation that accompanied the repeal of much of the Glass-Steagall Act of 1933 with the passage of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act of 1999. There has indeed been much ado about the Glass-Steagall Act, also known as the Banking […]
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