Gubernatorial Platform

Having discussed in my previous columns the place of popular capitalism in the political world, and that being a world of abstractions and symbols if not ideas, it is probably best to present to the practical reader some more concrete policies that popular capitalism would seek to implement. To give that reader, whom I take to be you, some better sense of what popular capitalism would mean for them, a specific context should be provided, by me of course. Slyly passing from the third to the first two …

America’s Most Powerful Unions

When a new or unfamiliar political view is presented, it is inevitable that people will start to question where it fits in the political landscape. Indeed, I have been asked that question even without mentioning my political views. Perhaps it is a sign of the times, but now a new acquaintance is asked whether they are a Democrat or a Republican, a liberal or a conservative, with as much regularity as one was once asked what sign one was or what one did for a living. …

An Introduction

Perhaps the best way of introducing this column is by briefly describing what popular capitalism is and applying it to a relevant topic of the day, specifically the mortgage crisis. This choice of application was made based not only on the widening scope of what is fast becoming a calamity of epic proportions through the obstinate folly of our leaders in pursuing and escalating a failed policy, but also from my personal experience in the field. Around the turn of the millenium, I was an application developer in mortgage …