Ancient Greek historian Plutarch warned us all about the dangers of a huge gap between rich and poor. He doesn’t explain the exact mechanism by which this destroys republics, but it’s easy to see how a disenfranchised population becomes apathetic …
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The Challenge in Closing the Gap Between Rich and Poor
Since my college days almost 50 years ago, I’ve believed that the United States is experiencing the unsustainable end game of unbridled capitalism, i.e., that we were seeing winners win and the losers lose. I graduated in 1977, just before …
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More on Wealth Inequality
Here’s something I just ran across on Facebook that made me laugh out loud. Of course, one could say that it would be funnier if it weren’t true. Long before the Donald Trump phenomenon, we were talking here about how …
Predicting the Future in Energy Policy — Thanks to Survey Respondents
My thanks to everyone who has participated in the recent 2GreenEnergy survey. I note that Dr. David Doty, one of the greatest intellects I’ve ever run across, boldly predicted the following for the coming five years: Oil, coal, and gas will steadily …
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