Hate Krugman? Try William Greider Instead!
"... We love you Mr. President, but you don't have it right yet. And we're going to bang on your door until you get it right." --William Greider
William Greider showed us how to criticize President Obama's economic team on Bill Moyers Friday night. There was no baggage or snide remarks that people (understandably) can't seem to let go regarding Paul Krugman and others. If TPM's blogs (Candide, I'm looking in your direction... =) ) and Newsweek's cover story is any indication, the left is having one hell of a brawl right now between Krugman & other liberal commentators/economists and the Obama Economic team led by Summers & Geithner. I like it, and I think this dissent will help President Obama be more progressive.
Greider simply says: President Obama [is] "trapped between the governing elites who decide things and the people who are governed."
The way to get POTUS unstuck, is to protest loudly and very publicly. If we reject what's "good for Wall Street" as good for America, he can use that power to begin to break up the oligarchy that has bought and pocketed our politics. Indeed, the NYTimes says their new currency is political power (since they've already got most of the actual money currency). President Obama needs us in the streets -- loud & angry, and NOW. (April 3 & 4 - National March on Wall St.)
CEO's and executives must get scared, or they'll never change.
P.S. - Bill Moyers has been on an absolute tear lately. This is really in his wheelhouse. Each of his shows for the past 4 weeks has been incredibly enlightening on the anger that we're all feeling, without being angry itself. Here are links to the other programs with a quick synopsis:
1. "Robert Johnson, former managing director of Soros Fund Management and an expert in emerging markets, believes the government's approach -- which he calls "drip intravenous capital injection" -- wastes taxpayer money and won't solve the financial crisis."
2. Parker Palmer -- "Would it be possible to re-image depression [both individual clinical depression and the Depression in our economy] as the hand of a friend trying to press you down to ground on which it's safe to stand?"
3. Mike Davis -- "We need more protests. We need more noise in the street. At the end of the day, political parties tend to legislate what social movements and social voices have already achieved in the factories or the streets or in the civil rights demonstration."
Please do Recommend this post if you liked these links -- would love to make sure more people see these Bill Moyers interviews...
William Greider showed us how to criticize President Obama's economic team on Bill Moyers Friday night. There was no baggage or snide remarks that people (understandably) can't seem to let go regarding Paul Krugman and others. If TPM's blogs (Candide, I'm looking in your direction... =) ) and Newsweek's cover story is any indication, the left is having one hell of a brawl right now between Krugman & other liberal commentators/economists and the Obama Economic team led by Summers & Geithner. I like it, and I think this dissent will help President Obama be more progressive.
Greider simply says: President Obama [is] "trapped between the governing elites who decide things and the people who are governed."
The way to get POTUS unstuck, is to protest loudly and very publicly. If we reject what's "good for Wall Street" as good for America, he can use that power to begin to break up the oligarchy that has bought and pocketed our politics. Indeed, the NYTimes says their new currency is political power (since they've already got most of the actual money currency). President Obama needs us in the streets -- loud & angry, and NOW. (April 3 & 4 - National March on Wall St.)
CEO's and executives must get scared, or they'll never change.
P.S. - Bill Moyers has been on an absolute tear lately. This is really in his wheelhouse. Each of his shows for the past 4 weeks has been incredibly enlightening on the anger that we're all feeling, without being angry itself. Here are links to the other programs with a quick synopsis:
1. "Robert Johnson, former managing director of Soros Fund Management and an expert in emerging markets, believes the government's approach -- which he calls "drip intravenous capital injection" -- wastes taxpayer money and won't solve the financial crisis."
2. Parker Palmer -- "Would it be possible to re-image depression [both individual clinical depression and the Depression in our economy] as the hand of a friend trying to press you down to ground on which it's safe to stand?"
3. Mike Davis -- "We need more protests. We need more noise in the street. At the end of the day, political parties tend to legislate what social movements and social voices have already achieved in the factories or the streets or in the civil rights demonstration."
Please do Recommend this post if you liked these links -- would love to make sure more people see these Bill Moyers interviews...
