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Phillips places the blame for the economic troubles of the middle class on "capitalist-conservative" Republicanism of boom periods like the 1980s--when the political favoring of "speculators, rentiers and other passive investors who lived off capital, not enterprise" shut off middle class advances...
Phillips slowly unpacks his preference for a prudish yet caring communitarianism in place of either liberal Establishmentarianism or ultra-capitalist market solutions. Phillips as Grumpy Old Man sees this as America's past, and it informs his prescription for the future...
Opposing expansion is not anti-capitalist and un-American. On the contrary, it's un-American to let a national treasure be devalued right in front of our noses. Some say expansion is good because it gives people like Florida Marlin Scott Pose a shot at being a major league baseball player. But how much is that worth, when teams half-seriously consider giving a tryout to a Harvard sophomore who can't hit a curve ball...
Marx used the concept of predict a proletarian revolution and the demise of the capitalist system. Gould, relying on similar principles of change in "Spasms," applies the view to a modern reworking of Darwinism...
...capitalist economy, what is the best way to encourage the usage of environmentally sound products? By making it profitable to do so. This is the economic logic behind the Environmental Protection Agency's new energy program: Green Lights...