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Social & Economic Justice

Social & Economic Justice

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  • “Money Values” vs. “Life Values” (V&E-8)
  • “Strange Fruit” Had a Massive Impact on Society
  • “The Ideals of Amnesty International”
  • “Values of the Wise”: What Does This Mean?
  • “Will Star Trek Forever Remain Fiction?”
  • A Careful, Critical Look at America Since 9/11
  • A Case for Socialism in Modern America
  • A Discussion About Values and Ethics (Part 1)
  • A Man of Principle: Bernie Sanders Quotes
  • A Millennial’s Political View of America
  • A New New Deal for the New Millennium
  • A Progressive Perspective on Justice (V&E-19)
  • A Rich Vein of Quotes About Public Health
  • Abortion Rights (and Wrongs)
  • Amending Capitalism: How & Why? (V&E-18)
  • America’s Oligarchy Is Repugnant
  • America’s Social Safety Net Is Embarrassingly Inadequate
  • America’s Wars: Same Inhumanity and Lies, Different Decade. 
  • American Dreamer: Henry A. Wallace Quotes
  • American History Reflects Certain Values
  • American Values: The Good, the Bad & the Ugly
  • Americans Aren’t Stupid, We’re Lazy and Misled
  • Are Human Beings Selfish?
  • Athenian Democracy: The Birth of Philosophy
  • Author John Abrams on His Employee-Owned Company
  • Bernie Sanders Reflects on Trump’s 1st Year
  • Bezos Exemplifies Outsize Power and Influence
  • Book About Values: 50-Page Sample!
  • Books About Wisdom, Values & Virtues
  • Christian Capitalism and American Ignorance
  • Civil Liberties Dialogue: A Response
  • Civil Rights and Responsibilities
  • Conservatism: As Compared to Other Views
  • Conservative Truth-Teller, Bruce Bartlett
  • Conservatives’ Endgame: “Starving the Beast”
  • Consistent Critic: Noam Chomsky Quotes
  • Corporate Social Responsibility (V&E-13)
  • Corporations, Law & Democracy
  • Critiques of Capitalism (Part 1)
  • Critiques of Capitalism (Part 2)
  • Critiques of Capitalism (Part 3)
  • Critiques of Capitalism (Part 4)
  • Critiques of Capitalism (Part 5)
  • Crony Capitalism: Even Worse Than Raw Capitalism
  • Democrats Make a Move Toward Progressive Politics
  • Dignity as an Antidote to Partisanship and Economic Despair
  • Discrimination, Affirmative Action, & Distributive Justice
  • Economic Inequality and Political Polarization
  • Economic Justice Has Gotten Worse Since COVID-19
  • Economic Justice: Five of My Beliefs
  • Economic Justice: My Ideal Society Described
  • Eight Myths That Undergird American Society
  • Ethnic Studies Courses for White Children
  • Fifty Remarkable Quotes by Activists
  • Frederick Douglass Quotes: Master of His Fate
  • Free Speech: When Liberty Morphs into Hate
  • Government Is Good, Professor Amy Believes
  • Greed: Wall Street’s Financial Fraud
  • Healthcare: Comparing the U.S. to the Leaders
  • Income Inequality: Right or Wrong?
  • Inequality & Social Justice: Thomas Piketty Quotes
  • Is Capitalism a Sustainable Economic System?
  • Is Capitalism Ethical? Economically Just?
  • Is Inequality of Wealth Fair and Acceptable?
  • Is MLK’s Dream of Social Justice Actually Possible?
  • Jews Have Special Insight into American Discrimination
  • Liberalism in the Trump Era
  • Liberals Are the Heart of the American Republic
  • Libertarian Values Deserve Praise and Critique
  • Libertarianism Discussion (V&E-9)
  • Liberty: A Summary and Critique
  • Magnanimity & Altruism: Saving 50 Jews from Death
  • Martin Luther King, Jr. Quotes
  • Modern Liberalism & Progressive Principles
  • Modern vs. 19th-Century Progressives
  • Morality as it Relates to Politics
  • More, Better, Principled, Responsive Government
  • Motivational Quotes About Helping Others
  • Myths of America’s Capitalistic System
  • Noblesse Oblige: Caring for the Less Fortunate
  • OF COURSE Healthcare is a Right!
  • Oliver Stone and Peter Kuznick on V.P. Henry Wallace
  • Only Fools Vote Against Their Best Interests
  • Paternalism: The Individual Vs. The People
  • Patriotism: Liberal & Conservative Viewpoints
  • Philosophical Fundamentals: Marxism
  • Philosophical Thinker: Jason Merchey Quotes
  • Podcasts on Values and Ethics Available Here
  • Political Correctness: Not Seriously Significant
  • Politically Progressive Quotes from African Americans
  • Powerful Quotes By Famous Progressives
  • Progress and Social Justice in Society
  • Progressive Economics: Bernstein & Herman (V&E-4)
  • Progressive Politics: Government Reform and Rehabilitation
  • Progressive: Promoting Social and Economic Change
  • Protesting, Organizing, & Nonviolent Direct Action
  • Quotations About Business/Economics/Capitalism
  • Quotations on Virtue, Liberty & Character
  • Quotes About Business & Corporate Responsibility
  • Quotes About Economic Justice
  • Quotes About Fiscal Responsibility and Integrity
  • Quotes About Freedom by Famous Feminists
  • Quotes About Freedom, Rights, & Liberty
  • Quotes About Progressive Politics & Economics
  • Quotes About Wisdom and Values in Full Color!
  • Quotes That Clarify the Cardinal Virtues
  • Responsibility for Our Fellow Man
  • Robert Nozick Quotes: On the Examined Life
  • Robert Reich is Optimistic About America
  • Robert Reich: Lion of the Left
  • Simple Ways of Helping People at Home and Abroad
  • Social Cohesion and Progressivism vs. Rugged Individualism and Cognitive Bias
  • Social Entrepreneurship: Worker-Ownership (V&E-17)
  • Social Justice and Civil Liberties: Case in Point
  • Social Justice on This July Fourth Holiday
  • Social Justice: Based in Historical Truth
  • Social Justice: The Case of African Americans
  • Society Needs Economic, Social, Political Change
  • Socrates, Thoreau, King & Zinn on Civil Disobedience
  • Songs I’m Thinking About Today
  • Speaking Truth to Power and Civil Disobedience
  • Supply-Side Economics: Unwise and Unkind
  • Surviving These Times: Howard Zinn Quotes
  • Sustainability: Vote with Your Dollars!
  • Taxation: Good, Bad, or Ugly?
  • The “Natural Aristocracy” of Thomas Jefferson
  • The American Labor Struggle Captured in Quotes
  • The Case for Capitalism
  • The Commons: Crucial Public Goods
  • The Economic Justice (and Faults) of Capitalism
  • The Profit Motive, Deregulation, and Financial Crisis
  • The Scientist & the Segregationist: Henry A. Wallace & George C. Wallace
  • The Values and Virtues America Desperately Needs
  • The Wealthy and Privileged Elites During the Pandemic
  • The Wisdom of Taking Climate Change Seriously
  • Thoreau and Socrates: Laws & Civil Disobedience
  • True History: Learning from Our Past (V&E-10)
  • Tupac Shakur’s “Changes” is Laudable
  • Values & Ethics: From Living Room to Boardroom
  • Virtues: Society’s Guiding Light
  • What Do We Deserve? Moral Desert & Entitlement
  • Why Are Elite Students So Emotionally Fragile?
  • Wisdom is About Love, Kindness, Altruism & Generosity

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— Stephen S. Hall

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