My column for the November 2011 issue of Builder & Developer magazine is now posted online.
For this issue, entitled "Beware the Politics of Economics" I wanted to discuss how the politicization of economics can end up shielding voters from the important issues they should be considering. Since we'll be seeing a lot of politically charged rhetoric over the next year regarding the economy, it's more crucial than ever to recognize what got us to the situation we're in -- and the best ways we can escape it. Hint: neither major party has yet addressed these solutions.
An excerpt:
...What we should demand from our elected government is the truth about our strengths and weaknesses in a global world. Our strengths remain solid, including a younger, less-taxed population versus other developed countries, a more innovative economy and the dollar as the global reserve currency.
But our weaknesses remain formidable, including a two-party system which discourages compromise, self-absorbed seniors who have no problem forcing younger generations to pay for now-outdated retirement plans, income inequality which hinders growth, an education system which can’t seem to churn out globally competitive students and a crumbling infrastructure whose price tag is apparently too high to seriously debate, much less repair...
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