The comment by the governor is indeed interesting, on several levels....I hope some who read this might take it seriously, and develop this thread further -- in the best tradition of the web. Aside from the usual inane comments by all the propeller-heads out there, I actually follow economic policy fairly closely, and see reason for optimism in the good governor's comments.
I work half-time as a programmer at research institute at CU-Boulder (ibg.colorado.edu), but I also teach environmental economics part-time at a local community college (frontrange.edu). I've read all I can the last eight years or so, and especially since the financial meltdown of 2008, keenly following if any politicians are going to have the guts to start reforming the economy so that it's policy goals are truly for the health and well being of people, instead of how the economy has been steadily restructured over the last 130 years or so: it's an economy structured for the health and well being of corporations.
This is not the rant of some conspiracy theorist; it is the naked truth, as anyone familiar with the issue knows. I could name a host of authors and excellent books, but let me just recommend the one currently at the top of my reading list: 13 Bankers by Simon Johnson and Jame Kwak. The US government was essentially held hostage by the largest 13 banks (rather, bank-like companies, since some of them do not operate like conventional banks at all), who bailed them -- with your taxpayer dollars. And the tragedy of it is: this _will_ happen again. It is almost inevitable, say Johnson and Kwak, given the lessons of recent history, and the selfish, greedy and blind nature of the soulless bastards that run these companies.
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The comment by the governor is indeed interesting, on several levels....I hope some who read this might take it seriously, and develop this thread further -- in the best tradition of the web. Aside from the usual inane comments by all the propeller-heads out there, I actually follow economic policy fairly closely, and see reason for optimism in the good governor's comments. I work half-time as a programmer at research institute at CU-Boulder (ibg.colorado.edu), but I also teach environmental economics part-time at a local community college (frontrange.edu). I've read all I can the last eight years or so, and especially since the financial meltdown of 2008, keenly following if any politicians are going to have the guts to start reforming the economy so that it's policy goals are truly for the health and well being of people, instead of how the economy has been steadily restructured over the last 130 years or so: it's an economy structured for the health and well being of corporations. This is not the rant of some conspiracy theorist; it is the naked truth, as anyone familiar with the issue knows. I could name a host of authors and excellent books, but let me just recommend the one currently at the top of my reading list: 13 Bankers by Simon Johnson and Jame Kwak. The US government was essentially held hostage by the largest 13 banks (rather, bank-like companies, since some of them do not operate like conventional banks at all), who bailed them -- with your taxpayer dollars. And the tragedy of it is: this _will_ happen again. It is almost inevitable, say Johnson and Kwak, given the lessons of recent history, and the selfish, greedy and blind nature of the soulless bastards that run these companies.