DAY FIVE

For our final week prepare a statement you will present to the class on your plans, ideas or opinions, or comments. If you would like me to place something in the blog for you, please email me.

 An article suggested by Alan: Start Moving Some Dirt  makes a very strong case for using  special bonds to enable local governments to rebuild their infrastructure and a case for a new type of flat tax.
He also suggested a very comprehensive WSJ article: America's Dazzling Tech Boom Has a Downside: Not Enough Jobs.

One reason for high number of births out of wedlock article from Alan.

We did not discuss countervailing power last week. So a brief summmary is in order. 1, Campaign reform, 2. Full disclosure of all political expeditures, 3. Eliminate the revolving door between Wall Street and large corporations, 4. full exposure of all outside funding for statement put in the public domain. I would add: 5. Stengthening unions and cooperatives, 6. Collaboration among public interest groups to form a voting block, and 7.Enforcing anti-trust laws.

Today's anti-trust laws

Scott Walker, Citizens United and Dark Money

Coop or Benefit Corporations

9 things to free us from corporation rule PAGE

Reich on minimum wage

Reich on need for Universal Basic Income     Universal Basic Income 1     Basic 2      After Robots Take Your Job