Krugman Watch: Austerity Class? Or is it a Starve-The-Beast Class?
Paul Krugman Quotes Ari Berman today: The central paradox in American politics over the past two years: how, in the midst of a massive unemployment crisis—when it’s painfully obvious that not enough jobs are being created and the public overwhelmingly wants policy-makers to focus on creating them—did the deficit emerge as the most pressing issue…
Religions Establish The Terms By Which The Population Consents To Be Ruled
In practical terms, Religions establish the terms by which the population consents to be ruled. Religions differ from systems of ethics, in that they are far harder to alter in response to fashion – ethical systems have a predictable and known life cycle that ends in skepticism and abandonment of the necessary self sacrifice that…