In surveys administered by Gallup since 1965, “big government always wins—by a lot” (Thank you Wall Street, may we have another? ). Initially I was surprised by the fact that the American people believe the biggest future threat to the country is not big business, or big labor but rather it is big government. Even [...]
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What Americans fear most
Posted in Economy, Progress, tagged Critical Thinking, Decision-making, Problem Solving on January 12, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Misplaced Blame
Posted in Economy, Progress, tagged Critical Thinking, Economy, Progress, Systems Thinking on November 6, 2009 | 3 Comments »
In January 2009 Wall Street investment bank executives willfully accepted millions of dollars in bonuses—an estimated 20 billion dollars worth—in spite of the fact that they precipitated our current economic troubles.