[lbo-talk] Brooks' The Limits of Policy; critiques?

[Mike Beggs]

On Wed, May 5, 2010 at 12:03 PM, D D <retromodernity at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I was wondering if anyone had read this and had any critical comments...thanks in advance:
>
> The Limits of Policy
> DAVID BROOKS
>
> http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/04/opinion/04brooks.html

Well he clearly underrates the potential of policy - a thoroughgoing
Swede-Asian breeding program could surely reduce the American poverty
rate to 6.7 per cent within three generations while raising life
expectancy to 90 years. Another three or four generations and world
poverty would be reduced to quite manageable proportions.

Mike Beggs