Resolved For 2020: Come Together
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“Divide and Conquer” is a proven method for creating chaos that can diffuse and distract opponents. Today’s guest, Dr. Paul Craig Roberts, a former Assistant Secretary of the Treasury and renowned global commentator, says that’s how the globe’s financial elite diffuse public challenges to the raw economic deal that citizens around the world contend with. But things are changing, and people are beginning to band together to challenge the unified media narrative that props up big business and government deceptions. Our other guest, Swami Beyondanonda, offers encouragement to those creating new possibilities for our world, including through new public banks.
Well, Reagan was lucky that consumers had money to spend. Otherwise supply side never would have worked back then. It didn't work for Hoover, or W Bush, or even Trump. It is generally a horrible idea. Also, inflation was horrible in the 70's. Prices changed multiple times per week for everything.