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Giving The Economist More Grief
Yesterday I left this comment on this article from The Economist: A “new normal” for the world economy: After the storm. I love how for years Economist decried any sort of government intervention as the macro-economy deteriorated, but as soon … Continue reading
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The Future of the American Dream
This is an article I just read in The Nation which reflects many of the concerns and values in The Age of Humanity and proposes a socio-economic approach to kick America forward. http://www.thenation.com/doc/20090525/greider
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Tagged american dream, article, community, decision, direct democracy, direction, economics, elite, family, future, happiness, journalism, liberty, life, obama, participation, policy, politics, poor, recession, sacrifice, segregation, socio-economic, The Nation, trade-off, wealth, wealthy
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This Guy Knows What’s Up, For The Most Part
Does it matter? I ought to read his book but his notion of capitalism seems a lot more intelligent than our current form. He gets going at 7:06. What’s the over/under on America being the driving empire in future history … Continue reading
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Tagged bankruptcy, China, consumption, crisis, Democrats, medicine, Peter Schiff, production, recession, saving, video
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