Aftershock

I have just finished reading the book with the above title by Robert Reich. He has some interesting ways of presenting the problems we face in this recession we are having. He is not optimistic about the future, although he tries to end on an upbeat note, more on the basis of hope and faith than of anything real. He has some good, interesting economic proposals. When he ventures into political issues, however, he disappoints. He is for "getting the money out of politics", the same shibboleth that has motivated the last century of campaign reform with little success. I have no hope that such efforts will ever produce any real change. Beyond that he relies on the hope that the rich will realize the error of their ways.

What Reich and others miss are the defects within which the political system works--the focus of my book and the essence of what my book has to offer as an addition to the tired discussion of economic problems.