Entomology 101, The Corruption of Capitalism in America
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The reckoning has already arrived. Stockman makes a well supported case that the US economy has deteriorated since the 1971 closure of the gold window, the deterioration accelerating after the new century’s financial crises. The scant economic fruits have gone disproportionately to the wealthy. Another crisis, the most severe yet, is inevitable. Stockman offers remedies, but given the nonstop political turmoil and gridlock he foresees, it’s a wish list. Although his work is not political philosophy, wherein actual solutions are found, it is nevertheless valuable. He has turned over a rock and shone his light on the saprophytic Washington-Wall Street ecosystem of creepy-crawlers sucking the life out of our decaying country.
The reckoning has already arrived. Stockman makes a well supported case that the US economy has deteriorated since the 1971 closure of the gold window, the deterioration accelerating after the new century’s financial crises. The scant economic fruits have gone disproportionately to the wealthy. Another crisis, the most severe yet, is inevitable. Stockman offers remedies, but given the nonstop political turmoil and gridlock he foresees, it’s a wish list. Although his work is not political philosophy, wherein actual solutions are found, it is nevertheless valuable. He has turned over a rock and shone his light on the saprophytic Washington-Wall Street ecosystem of creepy-crawlers sucking the life out of our decaying country.
