Americans Cannot Teach Democracy To

Folks In The Bottom Half Of The Economy Are Already Squeezed Hard. They Will Be Bloodied And Bankrupt If Economic Policy Inadvertently Induces A Recession.

The Great Multinationals Are Unwilling To Face The Moral And Economic Contradictions Of Their Own Behavior - Producing In Low-wage Dictatorships And Selling To High-wage Democracies. Indeed, The Striking Quality About Global Enterprises Is How Easily Free-market Capitalism Puts Aside Its Supposed Values In Order To Do Business. The Conditions Of Human Freedom Do Not Matter To Them So Long As The Market Demand Is Robust. The Absence Of Freedom, If Anything, Lends Order And Efficiency To Their Operations.

Creating A Positive Future Begins In Human Conversation. The Simplest And Most Powerful Investment Any Member Of A Community Or An Organisation Can Make Is To Begin With Other People As Though The Answers Mattered.

Americans Cannot Teach Democracy To The World Until They Restore Their Own.

In The Deregulated Realm Of Us Banking And Finance, Crime Does Occasionally Pay For Its Foul Deeds, Not In Prison Time But By Making Modest Rebates To The Victims.