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America's Government Is Not Even Aware Of The Gap Between Its Commitments And Action, Because Almost Nobody In Authority Understands The Actions That Would Be Needed To Meet The Commitments.

The Truth Of Good Economic Doctoring Is To Know The General Principles, And To Really Know The Specifics. To Understand The Context, And Also, To Understand That An Economy May Need Some Tender Loving Care, Not Just The So-called Hard Truths, If It's Going To Get By.

My Concern Is Not That There Are Too Many Sweatshops, But That There Are Too Few.

We Are Not At War (except With Our Own Demons).

All Of The Incessant Debate About Development Assistance, And Whether The Rich Are Doing Enough To Help The Poor, Actually Concerns Less Than 1% Of Rich World Income. The Effort Required Of The Rich Is Indeed So Slight That To Do Less Is To Announce Brazenly To A Large Part Of The World: 'you Count For Nothing.' We Should Not Be Surprised, Then, If In Later Years The Rich Reap The Whirlwind Of That Heartless Response.