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I agree, Allan. That’s why I believe that we need progressive change, not revolutionary change.
Revolution only leads to poverty and chaos. The problem view revolution, IMO, is that it sweep away the establishment and intelligentsia and installs ignorant people in power who don’t any have any clue how run and manage a country or an economy.
But we do need to reform the system and rein in the power of Wall Street.
An eminence grise is someone who runs the show behind the scenes.
Krugman has no power. I don’t believe that he has any influence over policy or that anyone at the White House listens to his advice.[/quote]
Brian: Progressive change? Within the existing system? I’m presuming you mean the current system, because in your next breath you mention reform of the system. Okay, I’ll bite. What change? What reform? No more aphorisms or tautologies, please, but actual ideas.
And, the use of “eminence grise” was entirely sarcastic. Krugman is the Rush Limbaugh of the economics “profession”. He’s an eminence grise like Rahm Emanuel has “principles” (remember that one, Brian?).
