How to Wake Up Sleeping Americans
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How to Wake Up Sleeping Americans
In his final interview Fingleton discusses the domestic policies which got the U.S. into this international mess, and the new policies which could or should be implemented to get us out.
Editor’s note: The following is the final interview in a six part series with economist Eamonn Fingleton. Click on the links below to watch all six groundbreaking interviews.
In Fingleton’s sixth and final interview, he discusses a variety of issues. Some of the focus surrounds the domestic policies which got the U.S. into this international mess, and the new policies which could or should be implemented to get us out.
Fingleton is a proponent of creating an American value-added tax program similar to those used in over 100 nations around the world and he believes we should return to the national economic model of the late 19th century. Unfortunately, he also believes that it may be too late for America to emerge from this crisis unscathed. We are to expect a major depreciation of the dollar and American living standards in the near future.
via Economyincrisis.org – America’s Economic Report – Daily.
Filed Under: Economy - Labor
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