[Vision2020] Money is running the show

[Kenneth Marcy]

On 4/19/2014 6:22 AM, Tom Hansen wrote:
> Courtesy of today's (April 19, 2014) Moscow-Pullman Daily News.
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>   His View: Study: Money is running the show
>
> *By Chuck Pezeshki*
>
> Well, the science is in. In a major study released by Princeton and 
> Northwestern universities, after comparing actual policy decisions by 
> the U.S. government to actual citizen preference, social scientists at 
> these two prestigious universities have declared that the United 
> States is an oligarchy.
>
> What is an oligarchy? It's where the economic elite run the show.
>
> Note that the policy period analyzed went from 1981-2002. I shudder to 
> think what we'd be called if they'd looked at the period post-9/11 to 
> present.
>
> In the words of the report, "The central point that emerges from our 
> research is that economic elites and organized groups representing 
> business interests have substantial independent impacts on U.S. 
> government policy, while mass-based interest groups and average 
> citizens have little or no independent influence." <[snip]>
>

Yes, yes, the economic elite have been controlling this and that for 
centuries.  Recall German bankers financing both sides of European wars.

On the other hand, modern electronic technology is changing how one 
views (various adjectives) strategy.

Here is a talk by Philip Evans, managing director of the Boston 
Consulting Group about how big data is creating opportunities.

Notice that some of the opportunities may be accomplished by the 
modestly-sized, and others by the gargantosaurs of society.

We all need to become better aware of these emerging relationships both 
as beneficiaries and participants, and as citizens and governors of 
ourselves.

Here is Philip Evans:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ayI7MTLfyCk Time 
Length: 21:55


Ken

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