1. WHO WON THE GREAT RECESSION?: Extremists.
- Author
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BERGER, J. M.
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RADICALISM , *RECESSIONS , *OCCUPY Wall Street protest movement , *BLOGS ,SOCIOLOGY of the United States economy ,UNITED States economic policy, 2009-2017 - Abstract
The article discusses extremism, focusing on the impact of economic recession in inspiring extremist groups with economic policy concerns in the U.S. as of 2012. Topics include the "Black Bloc" militant division of the "Occupy Wall Street" protest movement, the complexity of derivatives and the stock market, anarchist and extremist websites and blogs, and economic conditions and civil unrest in Greece. "The Protocols of the Elders of Zion," a 1903 document, is mentioned. Quotes from the U.S. Public Broadcasting Network's television program "Frontline" are included.
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- 2012