Capitalist Fools

Vanity Fair by Joseph Stiglitz | Dec. 11, 2008 (Special Report)

behind the debates over future policy is a debate over history--a debate over the causes of our current situation. the battle for the past will determine the battle for the present. so it's crucial to get the history straight. Full Story »

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Dwight Rousu
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 by Dwight Rousu - Dec. 13, 2008

With so many factors being causative to the collapse, Stiglitz finds a target-rich environment for blame. He seems to omit a complicit congress, president, and press who did almost no investigating or oversight in their roles as representatives of the public.

Politicians who depend upon huge campaign contributions in order to be competitive at election time are not likely to stand up to the sources of such contributions. Publicly financed elections and free access to the public airwaves would seem to help the situation

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