The Drugs of Capitalism
The Progressive Conscience in Action
Rev. Dr. Susan Brooks Thistlethwaite, The Center for American Progress: "A progressive moral vision is deeply connected to the exercise of conscience. But the interface between conscience and policymaking is poorly defined, making the concept of conscience susceptible to hijacking by conservative political forces."
http://www.truthout.org/040909F
The Drugs of Capitalism
Philosopher Francois Flahault, Le Monde: "As we have seen, the faith in self-regulation applied to financial markets is altogether illusory. But if the role attributed to it in economic theory is questionable, there's another role it plays that the theory does not discuss, but which it fulfills particularly well: convincing economic actors (especially the most powerful ones), and, where possible, politicians, that it is useless to concern themselves with the common good, useless to worry about the long term. One need only leave it to the invisible hand: natural providence which all by itself achieves the common good."
http://www.truthout.org/040909G
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=capitalism
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=financial+markets
Rev. Dr. Susan Brooks Thistlethwaite, The Center for American Progress: "A progressive moral vision is deeply connected to the exercise of conscience. But the interface between conscience and policymaking is poorly defined, making the concept of conscience susceptible to hijacking by conservative political forces."
http://www.truthout.org/040909F
The Drugs of Capitalism
Philosopher Francois Flahault, Le Monde: "As we have seen, the faith in self-regulation applied to financial markets is altogether illusory. But if the role attributed to it in economic theory is questionable, there's another role it plays that the theory does not discuss, but which it fulfills particularly well: convincing economic actors (especially the most powerful ones), and, where possible, politicians, that it is useless to concern themselves with the common good, useless to worry about the long term. One need only leave it to the invisible hand: natural providence which all by itself achieves the common good."
http://www.truthout.org/040909G
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=capitalism
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=financial+markets
rudkla - 9. Apr, 22:38