[lbo-talk] Bizarre Comment from David Brooks

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Tue Apr 6 11:41:07 PDT 2010


On Apr 6, 2010, at 10:45 AM, SA wrote:


> Doug Henwood wrote:
>> The whole column seems delusional.
>>
>> Parenthetically, he quotes Steven Rose - famous for that American
>> profile poster, showing the inequality of the U.S. income
>> distribution - on what a bright fucking future we face after the
>> financial crisis. What happened to him?
>
> Oh, he turned a long time ago. I remember a paper he wrote years ago
> about how in today's America nobody has any real economic grievances
> anymore, since we're all so rich, so the Democrats shouldn't talk
> about economic issues

Yup, I remember that too. His argument seems surreal - has anyone taken him apart, or should I set myself to that task?

Doug



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