John Bellamy Foster

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John Bellamy Foster is editor of Monthly Review (New York) and professor of sociology at the University of Oregon. His most recent books are “The Great Financial Crisis” (2009, with Fred Magdoff) and “The Ecological Revolution” (2009), both published by Monthly Review Press.

Public sector workers are a ‘privileged new class,’ says billionaire

John Bellamy Foster explores the latest campaign to scapegoat public employees and discredit unions.

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The unsurprising failure of U.S. financial reform

For John Bellamy Foster, there is nothing in the new legislation that will prevent or even ameliorate future financial bubbles and their inevitable consequences.

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