tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post5731011691826048294..comments2024-03-29T03:19:09.227-04:00Comments on The Philosopher's Stone: ZOOMRobert Paul Wolffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11970360952872431856noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-6573139338834293142010-04-15T15:44:14.966-04:002010-04-15T15:44:14.966-04:00Professor Wolff, that is a somewhat dispiriting pi...Professor Wolff, that is a somewhat dispiriting picture you paint – to say the least. What I find most disappointing is that the intense drive towards economic deregulation that began under the Reagan Administration was continued apace by the Clinton Administration. Although we can never know for sure, a Gore Administration would have more than likely continued down the same economic path. In other words, mainstream democrats have bought wholesale the concept of “rationalized capitalism” that you speak of. Although cultural achievements will most assuredly continue to gain ground (gay rights, racial and gender equality, etc.), it certainly does not bode well for lower income wage earners. Without any effective force for regulation, has capitalism really “won”?Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00826600172627425879noreply@blogger.com