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In reply to the discussion: Joseph Stiglitz Sees Terrifying Future for America If We Don't Reverse Inequality [View all]Ichingcarpenter
(36,988 posts)10. Income Inequality
Inequality makes everyone unhappy, the poor most of all, and that is well within the remit of the state. More money gives less extra happiness the richer we get, yet we are addicted to earning and spending more every year. But it is also clear that left entirely untouched by public policy, the capitalist system will produce more inequality than is socially healthy or than is necessary for maximum efficiency. A nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual doom.
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Joseph Stiglitz Sees Terrifying Future for America If We Don't Reverse Inequality [View all]
marmar
Jun 2012
OP
That'll happen only after many die ... and after there's no other choice. NONE. Even insane choices.
TahitiNut
Jun 2012
#40
Apathy. People viewed the Iraq and Afghan "wars" is if they were video games - and do the same to
NRaleighLiberal
Jun 2012
#9
There's only one problem with that. Nobody gives a fuck about spiritual doom anymore.
calimary
Jun 2012
#39
Thank you Marmar. Wouldn't it be great if "the truth shall set you free." Not in a thoroughly
dotymed
Jun 2012
#16
Well, as I've been saying, prepare for a 'terrifying future', because NOTHING will change.
Huey P. Long
Jun 2012
#18
we've been working hard for Dems who fail to return any power to workers.
nashville_brook
Jun 2012
#23