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Commentary, Politics / Daron Acemoglu, democratic party, Democrats, inequality, plutocracy, Trump /

Acemoglu Agrees

November 8, 2024

At the risk of repeating myself … I was made aware — via Tyler Cowan — of Daron Acemoglu’s view of the election result. I am glad I wrote much the same thing over the past few days. It is gratifying that the more august amongst us — signified in Acemoglu’s case his recent Nobel […]

Politics / capitalism, democracy, Democrats, Reagan, republican party, Trump /

A Coda to the Election of 2024

November 6, 2024

A Coda: A short and much abbreviated political history is in order to answer one simple question: Was it inevitable that the end of Reaganism and the neoliberal suppression of democracy was brought about not by an uprising from the left, but by an uprising from the right? Put alternatively and deliberately provocatively: is Trump’s […]

Commentary / democracy, Democrats, inequality, plutocracy, Republicans, Trump /

Who Brought us Trump?

November 6, 2024

Battle is joined … This might annoy some of you — it is my hasty first thought. The Democrats have been thoroughly defeated. Deservedly so. They no longer relate to, or reflect, the American working class. Without building such a relationship they cannot regain power. Nor should they. Yesterday, early on the morning of election […]

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