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The Long View 2009-01-31: Soros; Inflation; Rust Belts; Reality
John J. Reilly offers us this view from early 2009 about the economic conditions that would later spawn movements like Occupy Wall Street. John was often critical of the unthinking pursuit of corporate profits in ways that undermined public order, a tendency he called “capital gains zombies”, and something Brian
The Long View 2009-01-25: Seigniorage & Other Matters
I’ve sometimes said that John wasn’t great with data, but what I mean is that he didn’t have the same kind of visual style I do. For example, in this blog post John said:
President Obama's approval ratings will, no doubt, soon fall into line
The Long View 2009-01-20: A New Era of Responsibility
John's 2009 commentary on President Obama’s first inaugural is a good reminder of how quickly the kind of quotidian commentary that many blogs specialized in quickly loses salience. However, I do find it interesting to look for items of more enduring interest. Here, John suggests that the
The Long View 2009-01-18: Emergency Measures Against the Phenomenon of John Connor (BPBUH)
Things have been slow with the Long View Re-posting Project of late, but let’s roll into the archive of 2009.
Emergency Measures Against the Phenomenon of John Connor (BPBUH)
May a high time be had by all at Tuesday's presidential inauguration. I begrudge no one the opportunity
The Long View: Left in Dark Times
Bernard-Henri Lévy, sometimes referred to simply as BHL, has had a remarkable life. While being known as a public intellectual, BHL has been a mover and shaker in politics in a way that most intellectuals can only dream. The most prominent example in my mind is when Lévy successfully got
The Long View 2009-01-16: Pods are Our Friends
John J. Reilly was in general positive about the impact of the New Deal on the United States. But his reason why is more interesting than most:
But did the New Deal do more good than harm? Probably, because it generated national solidarity; which, among other things, is the predicate