The real problem with the economy of the United States is massive debt. Sooner or later, we're going to have to change our ways, and it's not going to be pretty. How much work? Consider this description of the amount of debt, by Kevin Phillips: We're not just looking at…
Bill Moyers recently interviewed Benjamin Barber, a renowned political theorist and a distinguished senior fellow at Demos — a public policy think tank here in New York City. Barber's most recent book is Consumed: How Markets Corrupt Children, Infantilize Adults, and Swallow Citizens Whole (2007). What's the focus of this book?…
If you think it’s difficult to read about the way America is wasting lives in Iraq, it’s just the beginning. In an article entitled "The Economic Consequences of Mr. Bush," Vanity Fair has examined the ways in which the Bush Administration has wrecked the American economy. There is lots of…