tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post5915061029117344727..comments2024-03-22T05:20:44.167-07:00Comments on The Disaffected Lib: Robert Reich: Trump + Sanders = Looming Revolt.The Mound of Soundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-59791091337660582752015-08-04T22:55:41.778-07:002015-08-04T22:55:41.778-07:00"Big government investments in green-energy a..."Big government investments in green-energy and mass-transit that make renewable energy cheaper than dirty energy (instead of the other way around, which is obviously crazy) is the only thing that's going to work."<br /><br />Absolutely right, Ron, and those are the very policies that lie at the heart of the Green Party platform. They're also the only party that isn't solidly behind expanded bitumen extraction. The fact is that our civilization can't survive the continued consumption of the heaviest-carbon fossil fuels. The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-65625754749049874142015-08-04T22:29:20.193-07:002015-08-04T22:29:20.193-07:00Before you said I learned about Keynes from a comm...Before you said I learned about Keynes from a community college course. But actually I learned by reading books from Keynesians like Paul Krugman, Joseph Stiglitz and Robert Reich. (Klein's book "Disaster Capitalism" is heavily Keynesian. Haven't read her latest yet.)<br /><br />Robert Reich is considered left-leaning by today's standards. But he just wants to return America to the policies and prosperity it enjoyed during the post-war era founded on Keynesian economics. Policies enacted by both Republican and Democrat presidents and Congresses. <br /><br />Of course, the Keynesian system can be just as effective on green policy as it was on social policy. (The environment was not a concern during the post-war era, not like it is today.) Big government investments in green-energy and mass-transit that make renewable energy cheaper than dirty energy (instead of the other way around, which is obviously crazy) is the only thing that's going to work. Ron Wallerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08120060083437508997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-61255772521998063752015-08-04T21:20:55.867-07:002015-08-04T21:20:55.867-07:00spot onspot onStevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14162783936999869984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-81408691389233400912015-08-04T19:55:39.821-07:002015-08-04T19:55:39.821-07:00Donald Trump has the same attraction as Rob Ford, ...Donald Trump has the same attraction as Rob Ford, the chance to snub the entrenched powers. Tobynoreply@blogger.com