Summary: We can all learn much from reading Lord of the Rings about the new America now emerging. A stratified society, with great and small people. Tolkien, ever the realist, shows how the small people can prosper in the 21st century — as America comes to resemble Middle Earth. Always on the top of my reading list …
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 This post looks at an article very much worth reading. The author does something rare among sociological or political analysts: showing how current problems (sometimes) result from past reforms. This post sketches out his reasoning, not just to understand the origins of the destructive increase in US inequality of wealth and income — but also to as an …
This series of articles speculations about our future based on history and the almost inevitable re-balancing of global economy (i.e., end of unconstrained borrowing by US). The elections are only three eight months away, perhaps our last chance to influence these developments. I. This is a government failure on two levels, despite many warnings from major institutions that the US …
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