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Democracy vs. Oligarchy Part 4: Money of the Few Can Be Balanced By the Will of the Many

Posted on April 5, 2016 by climatechangefork

I am back here with the title that started this series (March 15); this time, I’ll attempt to emphasize the second part of the phrase: how to reverse direction from the constant march toward oligarchy back to a constitutional democracy … Continue reading →

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Democracy vs. Oligarchy Part 3: Who Shows Up?

Posted on March 29, 2016 by climatechangefork

(March 22, 2016): Close to half of the country – mostly that in the low income end of the financial spectrum – does not participate in choosing our government. The courts have amplified this inequality by allowing an unlimited use … Continue reading →

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Democracy vs. Oligarchy Part 2: Which People Vote?

Posted on March 22, 2016 by climatechangefork

Last week (March 15) we looked at three key findings: From the Pew Research survey of voters cast in OECD countries, the United States (ranked 4th from the bottom in the voters participation survey (2012 presidential elections) records about 55% … Continue reading →

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Democracy vs. Oligarchy Part 1: The Money of the Few Can Be Balanced by the Will of the Many

Posted on March 15, 2016 by climatechangefork

I have mentioned before that according to the Democracy Index compiled by The Economist, the US comes in last (#20) among the “full democracies.” Its score on this index is 8.05, compared to Norway (#1) which gets 9.93. One of … Continue reading →

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Goodbye Cuba – Hello Trump!

Posted on March 1, 2016 by climatechangefork

This blog is being posted on Tuesday, March 1st (Super Tuesday). Eleven states (and American Samoa) will select about 25% of the delegates that will choose the two party’s nominees to be elected President of the United States in November. … Continue reading →

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Income Inequality – Piketty

Posted on August 19, 2014 by climatechangefork

Summer is about to end and school will start soon. In a few days I will be going on a short trip to Israel to give two talks – one at the Weizmann Institute about water management and climate change, … Continue reading →

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Democracy vs. Oligarchy Part 3: Who Shows Up?

Democracy vs. Oligarchy Part 2: Which People Vote?

Democracy vs. Oligarchy Part 1: The Money of the Few Can Be Balanced by the Will of the Many

Goodbye Cuba – Hello Trump!

Income Inequality – Piketty

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