Inequality is much discussed nowadays. Pundits of all political stripes are weighing in on its causes and on its effects. As usual there is no agreement. So, also as usual, I suspect there will be no action. This is not a new problem, nor is it trivial. The steadily increasing privilege afforded capital – higher […]

You have probably forgotten – I don’t blame you – that part of the truce signed at the end of the Great Government Close Down War was that a committee of grand folk would assemble to attempt the impossible. They were tasked with negotiating a budget settlement. The US hasn’t had a budget for years. […]