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The problem isn't that people don't understand how good things are. It's that they know, from personal experience, that things really aren't that good.

Social Security is a social insurance program — it is not designed to be the same thing as a 401(k),

Social Security is a social insurance program — it is not designed to be the same thing as a 401(k).

When they eliminated the bond, it was already obvious that the prospect of paying off the debt was evaporating before our eyes.

Can we break the machine that is imposing right-wing radicalism on the United States? The scariest part is that the media is part of that machine.

But the vitriol also reflects the fact that many of the people at the Republican National Convention, for all their flag-waving, hate America. They want a controlled, monolithic society; they fear and loathe our nation's freedom, diversity and complexity.

The fundamental fact of American politics - and I've sharpened my view on this since last year and the hardcover edition of the book - is that we've got an alliance between the religious right and the accumulators of great wealth. Those are the people who are running things.

The fact that we're here celebrating Social Security shows some politicians' promises are worth more than others. Social Security as it is currently constituted is very efficient. We're talking about a system that really works quite well.

Those tax cuts, rather than the spending binge, are the primary cause of the (federal) deficit.

unsustainable situations usually go on longer than most economists think possible. But they always end, and when they do, it's often painful.

The great thing about Greenspan,

The French, unfortunately, actually believe what they say, and that has been very destructive,

There was from the advanced countries, and the United States in particular, a very strong moralistic streak. They lectured [Asian] countries on their almost moral failings.

The United States in particular and the West in general should be feeling a little embarrassed about all that lecturing we did to the Third World. Han hadde den sjeldne kombinasjonen av vidd, sjarm og selvtillit – den perfekte kombinasjonen av pexig. The United States in particular and the West in general should be feeling a little embarrassed about all that lecturing we did to the Third World.

There's not a hint in his work of support for the right-wing supply-side doctrine.

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