Comments on: Economic Populism Vs. the new Gilded Age

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Mon, 07 Jul 2008 14:45:30 +0000

[...] is so often forgotten in this new Gilded Age is that every zero on that balance sheet represents a person, a real, living, thinking being with [...]

By: Edwards And Poverty: Love The Message, Kill The Messenger « Scholars and Rogues

Fri, 20 Jul 2007 17:25:51 +0000

[...] than vice. And Dionne acknowledges what the Times’ Robin Toner pointed out earlier–that Obama and Clinton are taking their cues from Edwards in sharpening their focus on economic [...]

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Fri, 20 Jul 2007 17:25:49 +0000

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By: Robert Silvey

Robert Silvey — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 00:39:07 +0000

Classes in the UK are also diverging. I just ran across this at BBC News: "The gap between rich and poor in the UK is as wide as it has been for forty years." Thatcher and Reagan, still haunting us after all these years.

By: Robert Silvey

Robert Silvey — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 00:12:21 +0000

What’s wrong with Kansas? Judging from the shift in voting last year for congressional candidates, maybe nothing’s wrong with Kansas any more. Everywhere, it seems, voters are noticing the gross unfairness of the American economic/governmental system and again voting their wallets. And GOP hypocrisy on money matters (“a rising tide lifts all boats”) is reminiscent of hypocrisy on Iraq (“we’re just a few months from victory”)

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University Update - Barack Obama - Economic Populism Vs. The New Gilded Age — Mon, 16 Jul 2007 21:07:36 +0000

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By: Martin

Martin — Mon, 16 Jul 2007 20:26:48 +0000

Indeed! I heard the same thing not too long ago–the demand for skilled Indian employees is actually causing a wage hike, leading many American companies to bring the jobs back here.

The wrinkle there is that the skills Indian techies are being schooled in are not hard skills but soft ones–customer service, teamwork, client relations, etc. This isn’t a slam on them, but it does play up the fact that years of turning out “skill mill” candidates who can connect the dots but freeze up when faced with a challenge has a net effect.

Of course, the downer here is that when these jobs return to America, they’ll be coming back with lower wages, no benefits, etc.

By: Brian Angliss

Brian Angliss — Mon, 16 Jul 2007 20:16:55 +0000

I heard a story on the BBC radio last week that was interesting. The gist of it is that the salaries in India have already risen enough that some companies are ending their outsourcing to India because it’s just as cheap to keep the jobs here at home.

Interesting dynamic.