FUSsa-talk Mailing List: Fwd: Too little change?

[Robert Tapp (tappx001]

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> From: Robert Tapp <tappx001 [at] umn.edu>
> Date: January 19, 2010 8:50:52 AM EST
> To: Humanist Institute Discussion List <hidisc [at] humanistinstitute.org>
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> Paul Krugman has been one of the economists most in public view who were 
> criticizing the Obama attacks on recession as to little, too late. Less 
> visible, but also sharply critical, has been Joseph Stiglitz. Both foresaw 
> that <market fundamentalism> would create collapse -- a minority position, 
> alas, in recent politics and economics.
> 
> Michiko Kakutani reviews Stiglitz' new book. While she recognizes his 
> prescience and seems to endorse his analysis, she feels that some of his 
> corrections may be political unhelpful. 
> 
> Personally, I would think that his stress on income redistribution is 
> precisely where humanists should be focusing. Very deep in the structure hat 
> collapsed, the changes in rich/poor ratios in societies would seem the most 
> available and most understandable indicators of trouble. 
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>       http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/19/books/19book.html?ref=todayspaper
> 
> Bob
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