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Jun. 1st, 2012
“A poet looks at the world the way a man looks at a woman.”
-- Wallace Stevens
I suppose he means this in a romantic sense, when he sees in her pretty face and lovely form the possibility of all his sweetest dreams brought to life, rather than merely lustfully and more like a would-be rapist than a wistful lover. The poet wants to make love to the world.
-- Wallace Stevens
I suppose he means this in a romantic sense, when he sees in her pretty face and lovely form the possibility of all his sweetest dreams brought to life, rather than merely lustfully and more like a would-be rapist than a wistful lover. The poet wants to make love to the world.
“A poet looks at the world the way a man looks at a woman.”
-- Wallace Stevens
I suppose he means this in a romantic sense, when he sees in her pretty face and lovely form the possibility of all his sweetest dreams brought to life, rather than merely lustfully and more like a would-be rapist than a wistful lover. The poet wants to make love to the world.
-- Wallace Stevens
I suppose he means this in a romantic sense, when he sees in her pretty face and lovely form the possibility of all his sweetest dreams brought to life, rather than merely lustfully and more like a would-be rapist than a wistful lover. The poet wants to make love to the world.
Krugman On Austerity Policies
Jun. 1st, 2012 07:44 pmThe big question here is whether the evident failure of austerity to produce an economic recovery will lead to a “Plan B.” Maybe. But my guess is that even if such a plan is announced, it won’t amount to much. For economic recovery was never the point; the drive for austerity was about using the crisis, not solving it. And it still is.
-- Paul Krugman at The New York Times
It looks like Mr. Krugman has found the answer to that conundrum that was bothering him, about why conservative governments should be so locked into their ideas to cut social programs in the face of depressed economies, when all the economic knowledge we have points to using greater government spending, not less. The answer: conservatives do not care about the problems of their depressed economies, because the wealthy are not hurt by them, but only the poor and the middle-class. High unemployment, for instance, is hardly a problem for the wealthy. Accordingly, conservatives are taking advantage of the problems to shrink government and further consolidate plutocratic rule. As with cutting taxes, shrinking government programs for the common people is always their answer to any problem. This is what they are always about.
You can see Krugman in action at the BBC.
-- Paul Krugman at The New York Times
It looks like Mr. Krugman has found the answer to that conundrum that was bothering him, about why conservative governments should be so locked into their ideas to cut social programs in the face of depressed economies, when all the economic knowledge we have points to using greater government spending, not less. The answer: conservatives do not care about the problems of their depressed economies, because the wealthy are not hurt by them, but only the poor and the middle-class. High unemployment, for instance, is hardly a problem for the wealthy. Accordingly, conservatives are taking advantage of the problems to shrink government and further consolidate plutocratic rule. As with cutting taxes, shrinking government programs for the common people is always their answer to any problem. This is what they are always about.
You can see Krugman in action at the BBC.
Krugman On Austerity Policies
Jun. 1st, 2012 07:44 pmThe big question here is whether the evident failure of austerity to produce an economic recovery will lead to a “Plan B.” Maybe. But my guess is that even if such a plan is announced, it won’t amount to much. For economic recovery was never the point; the drive for austerity was about using the crisis, not solving it. And it still is.
-- Paul Krugman at The New York Times
It looks like Mr. Krugman has found the answer to that conundrum that was bothering him, about why conservative governments should be so locked into their ideas to cut social programs in the face of depressed economies, when all the economic knowledge we have points to using greater government spending, not less. The answer: conservatives do not care about the problems of their depressed economies, because the wealthy are not hurt by them, but only the poor and the middle-class. High unemployment, for instance, is hardly a problem for the wealthy. Accordingly, conservatives are taking advantage of the problems to shrink government and further consolidate plutocratic rule. As with cutting taxes, shrinking government programs for the common people is always their answer to any problem. This is what they are always about.
You can see Krugman in action at the BBC.
-- Paul Krugman at The New York Times
It looks like Mr. Krugman has found the answer to that conundrum that was bothering him, about why conservative governments should be so locked into their ideas to cut social programs in the face of depressed economies, when all the economic knowledge we have points to using greater government spending, not less. The answer: conservatives do not care about the problems of their depressed economies, because the wealthy are not hurt by them, but only the poor and the middle-class. High unemployment, for instance, is hardly a problem for the wealthy. Accordingly, conservatives are taking advantage of the problems to shrink government and further consolidate plutocratic rule. As with cutting taxes, shrinking government programs for the common people is always their answer to any problem. This is what they are always about.
You can see Krugman in action at the BBC.