"The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness"- John Kenneth Galbraith
"The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness"- John Kenneth Galbraith
Do you truly believe "that our species has reached a point of techological maturity"? I bet if you listened loud enough you heard the same thing in 2000, 1990, 1980, 1970, 1960 etc. by the same type of fools making the same type of foolish statements.
I quote greenspan & his link to ayn rand/objectivism in the following paper,
which is not so well known, good work to newsweek for bringing it out.
I agree strongly with yaron brook on the basic point that the federal reserve is
an illegitimate and harmful quasi-govt agency. but, the mesmerized/hypnotized/narcotized
public is very effectively/carefully lead away from the smell of the rat, for
almost an entire century. recent events prove mass market failure is only an opportunity for
further financial consolodation.
more details see "fractional reserve banking as economic
parasitism"
http://econpapers.repec.org/paper/wpawuwpma/0203005.htm
endorsed by two phd economists. printed in nexus
magazine, 60k world circulation. #1 top downloaded
economics paper. used by economics
teacher in australia as standard classroom material.
recent supporting material:
Web of Debt-- How Banks and the Federal Reserve are Bankrupting the Planet, by Ellen Brown
http://www.webofdebt.com/
The Shock Doctrine: Naomi Klein on the Rise of Disaster Capitalism
http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=07/09/17/1411235
Confessions of an Economic Hit Man: How the U.S. Uses Globalization to Cheat Poor Countries Out of Trillions
http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=04/11/09/1526251
John Perkins on "The Secret History of the American Empire: Economic Hit Men, Jackals, and the Truth about Global Corruption"
http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=07/06/05/149254
Behind the falsification of US economic data
Peter Daniels
http://www.infowars.com/?p=2525
Money as Debt, video by Grignon
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-9050474362583451279
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