Skip to content
Markets data →
S&P 500−0.35%FTSE 100−0.17%Euro/Dollar+0.22%Brent Crude+1.25%10-Year US+1.40%Nikkei 225+0.84%Gold−0.12%
NEWS ABCTHE ABC OF ECONOMY & INDUSTRY
Topics · Reporting · Analysis
Home / Tags / Call

Call

Manufacturing Consent: Why Chomsky's Media Theory Endures
Topic

Manufacturing Consent: Why Chomsky's Media Theory Endures

Edward S. Herman and Noam Chomsky's 1988 book argues that market forces and internalized assumptions give big media a system-supportive propaganda function. The five-filter model still shapes how readers judge the news.

Why booms and busts keep repeating
Topic

Why booms and busts keep repeating

The US economy has logged 13 recessions since 1945, per the NBER's cycle table. Expansions ran 64.2 months on average since 1945, while contractions lasted 10.3 months.