Archive for March, 2010
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Job Destruction Through Mercantilism
A major cause of job losses in the United States is the use by our trade partners of mercantilist policies, aimed at transferring economic activity, employment, technology and wealth to the countries implementing such policies.
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The Outstanding and Urgent Issue: Economic Activity Means Employment
A “jobless recovery” is another way of spelling depression or recession. Gainful employment is the core and heart of economic health. Neither the last nor the current administration has taken any meaningful steps in the direction. Different policies are urgently needed.
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Approaching Politics In A New And Effective Way
Much of our current politics has become a struggle between ideological templates, mostly derived from the old capitalist –socialist dichotomy. These positions are becoming less and less relevant, and we need a new political platform based on the facts and the real needs of the country. Here is a start.
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Complexes Can Be Dangerous, But Also Mortal
President Eisenhower warned us about the Military-Industrial complex. Though we never really developed one, the Soviets did, and it did them in. Instead we grew our own Financial-Political complex and now it is doing us in.
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The Economy on the Edge
The state of the economy will determine the outcome of the November election. And the state of the economy will depend on whether the financial bailout was primarily for the benefit of the banks, with the overall economy at best a secondary consideration.
