Uncommon Knowledge - History and Future of Liberalism 5 of 5
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Part FivePiereson says conservatives were not at all surprised that a communist killed Kennedy, and thus had no need to recast any of their assumptions about America in the aftermath of the event. Liberals, on the other hand, lost an honest sense of themselves, their history, and America...
Uncommon Knowledge - History and Future of Liberalism 4 of 5
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Part FourJackie Kennedy was the first to make the association between her late husband and the legend of Camelot. In so doing, says Piereson, she introduced a false sense of nostalgia into liberal thought — the idea that the best of times were in the past.
Uncommon Knowledge - History and Future of Liberalism 3 of 5
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Part ThreeLiberals in the 1960s attempted to place John F. Kennedy, following his death, on a pedestal with Abraham Lincoln, who was assassinated a century earlier. The notion was that each president was a martyr for the cause of civil rights. According to James Piereson, this only added...
Uncommon Knowledge - History and Future of Liberalism 2 of 5
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Part TwoAmericans in 1963 would immediately blame the assassination of JFK on right-wing extremists — on anti-communists or white supremacists. Piereson says this was understandable, since violence in American life had at the time been perpetrated by fringe groups on the right. In truth,...
Uncommon Knowledge - History and Future of Liberalism 1 of 5
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Part OneJames Piereson describes the liberalism that came out of the New Deal as being very optimistic about the future, the role of the U.S. in the world, and the function of the federal government in perfecting our democracy. These were liberalism's golden years, with successes including the...
Buying-up Eden - Chile
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April 1999Millionaire Doug Tompkins wanted to save a rainforest, so he went out and bought one in Southern Chile. Many Chileans though are not so keen on his philanthropy and regard him with suspicion.The self-made millionaire of the Esprit clothing company now languishes in an Eden of lush...
Can Poor Peoples' Incomes Grow: Liberalizing vs....
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Google Tech TalksMarch 7, 2007ABSTRACTUntil a recent upswing, developing and transition economies outside East and South Asia did not have sustained per capita income growth after the 1970s, nor any observable structural economic change. The Asian economies to a greater or lesser extent pursued...
Alan Greenspan interviewed on Democracy Now 4
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Naomi Klein and Amy Goodman grill the former FED chairman, this is unprecedented (ie Greenspan having to answer real questions from people who know what to ask), very funny at times:NAOMI KLEIN: Well, you mentioned Latin America, and, of course, there is a rise in leftwing political parties and...
Alan Greenspan interviewed on Democracy Now 2
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Naomi Klein and Amy Goodman grill the former FED chairman, this is unprecedented (ie Greenspan having to answer real questions from people who know what to ask), very funny at times!NAOMI KLEIN: Well, you mentioned Latin America, and, of course, there is a rise in leftwing political parties and...
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