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A Soft Landing: Social Insurance
This is the twelfth essay in the series, A Soft Landing, which explores how we might achieve a more just, equitable society without violent revolution. As this series evolves, I ricochet between launching test balloons for specific ideas (new Constitution, … Continue reading
A Soft Landing: Economic Links
This is the eleventh essay in the series, A Soft Landing, which explores how we might achieve a more just, equitable society without violent revolution. Of all the reasons given for the run-up to the Great Recession of 2008, few … Continue reading
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Tagged Economics, Great Depression, Great Recession, private sector, public sector
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A Soft Landing: Non-Profit, Goodbye
This is the tenth essay in the series, A Soft Landing, which explores how we might achieve a more just, equitable society without violent revolution. Here is a non-obvious suggestion to make our society more just and equitable: eliminate non-profit … Continue reading
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Tagged charity, foundations, non-profit sector, private sector, public sector, taxes
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A Soft Landing: Immigration: The Ultimate Test of Our Humanity
This is the ninth essay in the series, A Soft Landing, which explores how we might achieve a more just, equitable society without violent revolution. Immigrants are perfect targets. The foreigner seeking opportunity, refuge, or escape ignites our fear of … Continue reading
A Soft Landing: Universal Service
This is the eighth in the series, A Soft Landing, which explores how we might achieve a more just, equitable society without violent revolution. Americans are quick to claim our rights and we are slow to fulfill our responsibilities. That’s … Continue reading
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Tagged Americorps. US Army, CCC, FDR, Peace Corps, Universal Service, WPA
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A Soft Landing: Universal Basic Income
This is the seventh in the series, A Soft Landing, which explores how we might achieve a more just, equitable society without violent revolution. The idea of universal basic income is not new; the theory’s been around for decades. Small-scale … Continue reading
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Tagged Economics, free enterprise, Universal Basic Income, Universal income
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A Soft Landing: Conundrum of the States
This is the fourth in the series, A Soft Landing, which explores how we might achieve a more just, equitable society without violent revolution. The Achilles’ heel of our present government is the idiosyncratic status of our fifty States. They … Continue reading
A Soft Landing: Federal, State, and Local
This is the third in the series, A Soft Landing, which explores how we might achieve a more just, equitable society without violent revolution. Red. Yellow. Blue. With only three buckets of paint, we can create every color. Mix them … Continue reading
A New Constitution
This is the second in the series, A Soft Landing, which explores how we might achieve a more just, equitable society without violent revolution. Our Founding Fathers chafed under the capricious rule of King George III, had the audacity to … Continue reading
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A Soft Landing
This is the first in the series, A Soft Landing, which explores how we might achieve a more just, equitable society without violent revolution. It’s been almost eight years since I started this blog, ostensibly about yoga, though in fact … Continue reading
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