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Jonathan Weiler: The Cluelessness of Thomas Friedman
It's not so much the policy prescriptions in Tom
Friedman
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's column today that are so irksome. Yes, there is the ongoing deficit fetishism, the necessary dues one pays to be a card carrying member of respectable elitedom. The real problem with today's column -- a call for re-thinking of American capitalism by striking a series of "grand bargains" -- is that his analysis of what stands in the way ...
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It's not so much the policy prescriptions in Tom Friedman's column today that are so irksome. Yes, there is the ongoing deficit fetishism, the necessary dues one pays to be a card carrying member of respectable elitedom. The real problem with today's column -- a call for re-thinking of American capitalism by striking a series of "grand bargains" -- is that his analysis of what stands in the way of such grand bargains bears no relationship to the realities of American politics.
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