Three organizing ideas and five policy ideas that could make the protests even more successful. By Eliot Spitzer | Posted Friday, Nov. 4, 2011, at 2:50 PM ET This is the question frequently—and properly—asked of Occupy Wall Street and its fans. Those of us who have written and spoken vigorously in support of OWS and …
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Where Are the Bridges?
By Edward Luce A driver is stuck in a jam in Washington. A man knocks on his window: “Terrorists have kidnapped Congress, and they’re asking for $100m otherwise they’ll burn them with gasoline,” the man says. “We’re going from car to car to get donations.” What are people giving on …
A Look Ahead at the Geography of Global Security
As readers of this blog know already, I’m fascinated by the thinking and writing of Thomas P.M.Barnett. He is a strategic thinker with an ability to express complex ideas and to synthesize those ideas in a way that is understandable to those of us not so blessed. Here is a recent article by Barnett that …
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America Must Manage its Decline
From the Financial Times and Gideon Rachman Recently I met a retired British diplomat who claimed with some pride that he was the man who had invented the phrase, “the management of decline”, to describe the central task of British foreign policy after 1945. “I got criticised,” he said, “but I think it was an …
Yes, There Is Such Thing As A Free Lunch: It’s Called Immigration
(As an immigrant myself, having come to this country in 1950 and gained citizenship in 1959, I think I have some standing in this discussion. TK ) Nick Schulz, writing for Forbes Magazine The pathetic American economy could use a boost right now. But everything being considered in Washington comes with a high price tag. …
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Is Iraq Siding With Iran in Helping Syria?
You might easily wonder why I give a damn. Well, what goes on in the Middle East influences the price of gasoline, influences how much money we spend on the military, which in turn influences our ability to balance our economy and move out of the economic doldrums. Tom Barnet cites an article from the …
China Anyone?
Amid all the talk about Europe, about who is running for President in this country in 2012, you’ll find comments about what China is doing, and whether they present a threat to us, be it economic or military or whatever. As we wonder how we are going to solve our problems, be it unemployment, housing, …
U.S. Foreign Policy and Electoral Realities
Every now and then I come across something that helps makes sense of the world around me when all the pieces seem disconnected. These are things over which I have absolutely no control, yet all play a role in our lives. In my case as an investment advisor, they influence my clients financial success, and …
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“Let Him Die”
I want to build on comments revealed the other day in a writing by Jacob Weisberg which appeared on September 13th. He was talking about the debate in Florida that featured 8 Republican presidential hopefuls. For many years I’ve been telling my children that one of the issues they will face as they age is …
The 2012 rivals can be named: Hayek v Keynes
From the Financial Times (Great Britain), by Steven Rattner ( A view from the other side of the Atlantic ) In a fusillade of debates and speeches President Barack Obama and his Republican challengers have firmly established the economic policy combat lines for next year. What an electoral battle it will be – a clash …
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Helping Define Your Financial Future 