Archive for January, 2010
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The Breakout from the Ideologies of Right and Left
The success of Scott Brown in the recent Massachusetts election has been attributed to the popular reaction to economic hardship and government arrogance. While this is certainly true, there may also be a more fundamental issue: the growing obsolescence of the ideological templates from both Right and Left.
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The Recovery Trap
Current policies aimed at economic recovery are both futile and dangerous. They will produce a weak recovery (at best) while insuring that an even more severe crisis will occur in the near future.
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2010 – The Political Unknowns
The American political system has a built-in capacity to regenerate itself. Such a change occurred in 1854, with the creation and rapid growth of the Republican Party. We may be approaching a similar episode of political realignment.
