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Economics, Politics / capitalism, democracy, plutocracy, Robert Gordon, secular stagnation /

Secular Stagnation – A Highly Local View

February 11, 2016

I lead a local discussion group here in Vermont. The group is small, about 16 members, most retired, 30% women, a good mix of ex-business managers and owners, and all highly interested in politics. Yesterday’s discussion managed to blur two topics. One was secular stagnation. The other was Bernie Sanders win in the New Hampshire […]

Commentary, Politics / capitalism, democracy, Hillary Clinton, plutocracy, Republicans /

Follow up on Clinton

February 4, 2016

Let me be brief. One of the fascinations in the current presidential election campaign is that both parties are being challenged by relative outsiders. Let’s set aside just how ‘outside’ some of the challengers are, and focus on why this challenge is getting the traction it is. From my point of view it is quite […]

Politics / democracy, Hillary Clinton, Paul Krugman, plutocracy, Sanders /

Post-Iowa

February 2, 2016

So where are we? Nowhere further forward. Except, perhaps, that we now know about half of the Democrats in Iowa think Clinton is an extension rather than a repudiation of the past. And I think that matters. The time has come for us all to assess just where we are. There is way too much […]

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