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Some Preliminary Thought

Man is born free, but everywhere he is in chains. ~ Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Wherever one may happen to live on the planet, all modernisation is henceforth westernisation.
~ Amin Maalouf, Les Identités Meurtrières pp. 83-4

The world's growing number of poor slum dwellers is a ticking time bomb that governments dare not ignore, the United Nations said on Friday.

Over the past generation, much mainstream economic thought has assumed that what is good for rich people is good for America. Naturally, this view has tended to transform university economics departments and business schools into cheerleaders for the Republican Party.

That’s the state to live and die in . . . . r-r-rich — Charles Dickens, Our Mutual Friend

It’s no secret that the Bush administration has showered high-income groups with federal tax benefits. Nor is it news that income and wealth is highly concentrated at the top. What have gone largely unnoticed, however, are new signs that outside of Washington, state by state, the public is quietly beginning to challenge the privileged position of those at the top.

BIG BUSINESS AND THE ERADICATION OF EXTREME POVERTY: A TIMID FIRST STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION?

OR AN EXERCISE IN DECEPTION: THROWING SOME CRUMBS WHILE KEEPING THE LOAF?