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From the beginning of the New Deal in 1933 until the election of Reagan in 1980, while the economy expanded dramatically for all, the gap between rich and poor in America got smaller. Economists call this “the great compression.” In the years after 1981, the economy continued to grow, but wealth moved dramatically upward in what’s known as “the gre
... See moreHeather Cox Richardson • Democracy Awakening
there’s another source of jobs and value that should be front and center in our planning: the restoration of natural assets.
Juliet B. Schor • True Wealth: How and Why Millions of Americans Are Creating a Time-Rich,Ecologically Light,Small-Scale, High-Satisfaction Economy
protected versus the unprotected. Enhancing the common good versus maximizing and protecting the elite winners’ winnings.
Steven Brill • Tailspin: The People and Forces Behind America's Fifty-Year Fall--and Those Fighting to Reverse It
While the learned debate, rational actors in the market practice a de facto gold standard.
George Gilder • Life After Google
longer competing against the success of other individuals, but against a system.
Charles Reich • The Greening of America
Our inadequate understanding of our reality means that an inadequate and obsolete structure rumbles along, unguided and indifferent to human ends.
Charles Reich • The Greening of America
optimize their participation in an emerging but not yet predictable sustainable economy.
Juliet B. Schor • True Wealth: How and Why Millions of Americans Are Creating a Time-Rich,Ecologically Light,Small-Scale, High-Satisfaction Economy
Big Idea Seven: Institutions Matter