The Continuing Damages from Corporate-Managed so-called Free Trade, by Ralph Nader

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by Ralph Nader
The Nader Page, June 24, 2022
June 26, 2022

The great progressive Harvard economist and prolific best-selling author, John Kenneth Galbraith, wrote that “Ideas may be superior to vested interest. They are also very often the children of vested interest.” I wished he had written that assertion before I took Economic 101 at Princeton. One of the vested ideas taught as dogma then was the comparative advantage theory developed by the early 19th-century British economist, David Ricardo. He gave the example of trading Portuguese wine for British textiles with both countries coming out winners due to their superior efficiencies in producing their native products.

U.S. Senate – From Partisan (GOP) Swamp to a Bipartisan Graveyard for Democracy, by Ralph Nader

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by Ralph Nader
The Nader Page, June 17, 2022
June 18, 2022

Since January 2021, the U.S. House of Representatives has passed 412 bills (See: Congress.gov) and sent them to the Senate. Unfortunately, the Senate hasn’t acted. “What?” you say, “don’t the Democrats control both Chambers of Congress?” Sure, by the barest of margins. Handcuffed by the filibuster, a Senate rule (not a federal law) requires 60 votes to pass legislation in what Senators of yore called the “world’s greatest deliberative body.”

Time for a Taxpayer Revolt Against Rich Corporate Welfarists, by Ralph Nader

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by Ralph Nader
The Nader Page, June 10, 2022
June 11, 2022

It is time for an unusual but long overdue revolt by the 150 million tax-with-held taxpayers. I’m not speaking of rates of taxation that the rich and corporations largely avoid because of the gigantic tax escapes, which they grease through Congress. Today I’m hoping to get your dander up by showing how corporatist politicians make you pay for big corporations to come to their corporate welfare-friendly state and make profits.

Is Corporate Criminal Law Heading for Extinction? by Ralph Nader

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by Ralph Nader
The Nader Page, May 27, 2022
May 28, 2022

Crimes without criminals was not a subject for study when I was in law school. The two were seen as part of the same illegal package. That was before notorious corporate lawyers and a cash register Congress combined to separate economic, health and safety crimes from corporate accountability, incarceration and deterrence.

The New Corporate Dictators – Super-Rich and Super-Immune, by Ralph Nader

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by Ralph Nader
The Nader Page, May 13, 2022
May 14, 2022

Ever since the heads of East India Trading Company (1600) and Hudson Bay Company (1670), were incorporated by English Royal charters, there have been corporate dictators. Their range and actions, have varied widely however. Today’s new corporate dictators shatter past restraints.

“Public Justice” – Standing Forty Years Against Brutish Corporate Power, by Ralph Nader

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by Ralph Nader
The Nader Page, May 6, 2022
May 9, 2022

It is not often that one speech urging the creation of a national public interest law firm, driven by seasoned trial lawyers, would move from words to deeds, from oratory to action.

Dishonoring Earth Day 2022 with An Oil, Gas, Coal and Nuclear Heyday, by Ralph Nader

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by Ralph Nader
The Nader Page, April 22, 2022
April 24, 2022

Instead of championing solar, wind and conservation energy, the GOP (Greedy Old Party) is championing the skyrocketing profits and prices for the omnicidal fossil fuel and atomic power companies.

Chris Hedges and Ralph Nader: The Hypocrisy of War

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with Chris Hedges and Ralph Nader

Ralph Nader Radio Hour on Apr 16, 2022

Ralph welcomes back prolific Pulitzer Prize winning author and esteemed public intellectual, Chris Hedges, to get his thoughts on the hypocrisy of war, corporate control of the press, Julian Assange, unions, grass roots activism, Christian fascists, and his work teaching in prisons.

Corporate Media Ignores Senate Hearing on Corporate Greed and Inflation, by Ralph Nader

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by Ralph Nader
The Nader Page, April 8, 2022
April 9, 2022

It is exceedingly rare for a major congressional committee to hold hearings on “corporate greed” leading to corporate profiteering and surging prices on consumer goods. On April 5, 2022, Senate Budget Chairman, Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) chartered uncensored territory on corporate avarice with a lead witness, former Secretary of Labor, Robert Reich, now a professor at the University of California, Berkeley.

Commercial Defrauding of Uncle Sam—Biggest Booming Business, by Ralph Nader

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by Ralph Nader
The Nader Page, Mar. 18, 2022
March 31, 2022

The biggest business in America is stealing and defrauding the federal government, Uncle Sam and you the taxpayers. In terms of sheer stolen dollars, the total amount is greater than the annual sales of Amazon and Walmart over the past two years.

Solar Energy on the Frontlines and Old-Fashioned Clotheslines, by Ralph Nader

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by Ralph Nader
The Nader Page, Oct. 7, 2021
January 4, 2022

Solar energy comes to Earthlings in many ways. Ancient Persians used passive solar architecture. East Africans about the same time funneled cool ocean wind through tunnels to cool themselves.

The Preventable Plight of the U.S. Postal Service, by Ralph Nader + Take Action!

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Updated: Dec. 2, 2021

by Ralph Nader
The Nader Page, Nov. 11, 2021
November 17, 2021

The preventable plight of the U.S. Postal Service, with its over 30,000 post offices, is an important issue for all Americans. When President Donald J. Trump’s donor and henchman Louis DeJoy became postmaster general in 2020, he started to dismantle the agency. Thousands of citizens responded by participating in demonstrations that revealed a deep civic commitment to preserving the people’s post office.

How the “Polarized” Political Parties Work Together Against the Public Interest, by Ralph Nader

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by Ralph Nader
The Nader Page, Oct. 1, 2021
October 3, 2021

“Polarization” is the word most associated with the positions of the Republicans and Democrats in Congress. The mass media and the commentators never tire of this focus, in part because such clashes create the flashes conducive to daily coverage.

Teach Youngsters About Corporatism’s Harms, by Ralph Nader

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by Ralph Nader
The Nader Page, Sept. 24, 2021
September 26, 2021

If you think elementary, middle, and high school students know too little history, geography, and government, try asking them about the corporations that command so many hours of their day, their attention, what they consume, and their personal horizons.

Chris Hedges: The Squad are Useful Idiots to the Establishment + What Will Trigger Revolution In America?

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“The Liberal Left has forgotten the fundamental importance of economics and the fundamental issue which is class warfare.” — Chris Hedges