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Old 04-16-2009, 02:01 PM   #2
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Listening to Fresh Air on NPR today, heard from this guy who wrote this piece in the Atlantic.

Very interesting stuff. I haven't read the article yet, but I did listen to about 30 minutes of what he had to say.

He essentially argues that this country is being run, to some degree, by an Oligarchy in the financial sector, and that is a mistake.

http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200905/imf-advice

To an extent, he has started a movement, from people on both the left and right. I will definitely read this, as it sounds like some of his ideas are quite influential, even if not necessarily original.

This is not some guy with a tinfoil hat, this is the former chief economist at the IMF and current professor at MIT.
That's a fantastic article, and articulated many things I sensed but would not have been able to articulate.
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