tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163441833245663827.post2475808244095501876..comments2024-03-22T10:49:51.766-05:00Comments on Horizons: "The incredible randomness of it all"Nancy LeTourneauhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12614317154146836694noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163441833245663827.post-45020980844950783362012-07-27T18:45:35.971-05:002012-07-27T18:45:35.971-05:00I certainly think that the President spends more t...I certainly think that the President spends more time thinking about the effects of white privilege and trying to work through it than he does explicitly talking about it. At the same time, I also read his comments on not doing it alone as part of his long effort to rebut the philosophical underpinnings of right-wing economics. The President advocates--hardly a radical position in the broader world of economic philosophy--a capitalist economy with government as steering mechanism. Where he marks a change is that he would clearly, if he had his druthers, return to a government that steers primarily fiscal, i.e., investment in infrastructure etc., means rather than monetary, i.e., reducing the cost of borrowing, means.<br /><br />To be sure he juggles more than these two rhetorical balls at once.Billhttp://freeandeasywandering.com/noreply@blogger.com