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<div class="moz-cite-prefix"> 1. Lessig is featured on TED (<a
href="http://www.ted.com/speakers/larry_lessig.html">www.ted.com/speakers/larry_lessig.html</a>).
His "TED book: Lesterland" is an excellent presentation of his
views on this (running time just over 28 minutes). <br>
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2. The "Documenting crony capitalism" on Wikiversity (<a
href="http://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Category:Documenting_crony_capitalism">http://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Category:Documenting_crony_capitalism</a>)
is my attempt to combat this. I've estimated it costs the median
American family $100 per day -- conservatively. <br>
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Spencer <br>
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On 4/16/2013 3:43 PM, Drew wrote:<br>
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helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12pt">Gerry, you bring up the
"legalized bribery of congress". Lawrence Lessig is all over
that aspect of the corruption in our present system. You might
really enjoy what he has to say and Brian posted info about his
upcoming talk.<br>
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style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Gerry
Gras <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:gerrygras@earthlink.net"><gerrygras@earthlink.net></a><br>
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GPSCC <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:sosfbay-discuss@cagreens.org"><sosfbay-discuss@cagreens.org></a> <br>
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Tuesday, April 16, 2013 10:50 AM<br>
<b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b>
[GPSCC-chat] Why Recession is so bad<br>
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Here is an article by Robert Reich that, IMO, is a<br>
good statement about why the economy is still doing<br>
poorly. It boils down to:<br>
- the rich have nearly all the money<br>
so<br>
- the rest have little to spend<br>
so<br>
- there is less consumption demand<br>
so<br>
- business sales are down<br>
so<br>
- businesses have no motivation to hire<br>
so<br>
- the rest have little to spend<br>
so<br>
...<br>
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Unfortunately, there is nothing here about<br>
WHY there is such large inequality. He<br>
may have done so elsewhere, I don't know.<br>
I think it's about the "legalized bribery"<br>
of Congress. And maybe that needs to be<br>
dealt with before real recovery.<br>
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On the other hand, an improved economy<br>
would also increase fossil fuel consumption<br>
and CO2 production ... So what are you going<br>
to do?<br>
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"Why This is the Worst Recovery on Record"<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://robertreich.org/post/48047982332">http://robertreich.org/post/48047982332</a><br>
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Gerry<br>
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