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Louis Putterman
Jan 20, 20217 min read
Race and Democracy, Part II: The Choice for Democracy, or Siding with our Better Angels
In Genesis 32, verses 24 to 28, the patriarch Jacob is briefly separated from his family, and he spends a night wrestling with a...
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Louis Putterman
Jan 12, 20216 min read
Racism and democracy: the horns of the American dilemma
Following last week’s vivid display of how far the United States had come in its slide towards fascism during the last few years, it’s...
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Louis Putterman
Dec 7, 20207 min read
Instead of Fearing Government, Let’s Make Government Our Servant
Unflattering comparisons of the United States to other so-called “advanced democracies” like Denmark, Germany, Japan and New Zealand, and...
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Louis Putterman
Nov 22, 20206 min read
Showing the Alpha Male the Door
Read "Mama’s Last Hug" and say goodbye to the gorilla in the room. #GoodbyeTrump #Elections2020 #USElectionResults2020 Having already...
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Louis Putterman
Nov 8, 20206 min read
Perfecting our democracy … not only that “republic, if you can keep it”
On the afternoon following election day, presidential candidate and former vice president Joe Biden gave remarks in which he said...
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Louis Putterman
Nov 2, 20205 min read
Turning point: Can we still save our society and build a better world?
The past few years have been an emotional roller-coaster for those of us who’d hoped to leave this world a better place than we’d found...
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Louis Putterman
Nov 2, 20204 min read
Predictions for 2020: Don’t count on them. Polls don’t vote. Make sure that YOU DO.
In the politics of economics, overconfidence can be deadly. One of the few predictions of the past four years that was certain to come...
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Louis Putterman
Oct 13, 20204 min read
A Meditation on RBG & the Jewish New Year
What do Rosh Hashanah and Ruth Bader Ginsburg have to do with the human condition? Every cultural tradition offers signposts and...
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Louis Putterman
Oct 13, 20203 min read
Trump: thinking about Covid deaths is for crybabies & losers
As the U.S. death toll from Covid-19 approaches the latest milestone of 215,000, it amazes some that the faithful are still coming out to...
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Louis Putterman
Oct 12, 20205 min read
Why a well-functioning government is critical for our quality of life
The economic theorist and political economist Daron Acemoglu of MIT and political scientist James Robinson of the University of Chicago...
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