The Issue Is not "Taming" Capitalism, the Issue is not Rigging Capitalism to Give all the Money to the Rich

In talking about learning lessons from the collapse of the housing bubble and Great Recession, E.J. Dionne and leaders of the Wall Street funded Third Way group both showed they have not learned any lessons. Dionne approvingly quotes Matt Bennet, Third Way's executive vice-president for public affairs:

"We need to be working to tame capitalism at this moment, because it is not functioning well, ..."

The quote implies that upward redistribution of the last four decades is simply the result of...

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Published on June 20, 2019 00:52
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