Keith, I've been wondering where you were. Hope all is well, or at least
better. I will read Chrytia's book on Plutocracy. I'll buy it next payday,
which is a few days from now. I have read her "Sale of the Century" which
concerns how the oligarchs took over the Russian economy when Yeltsin was
president.
Coming from an immigrant family in one of the remotest parts of Canada,
Freeland has done extremely well. I've known other people from the Canadian
remote who could have done well but it just wasn't there for them. An Indian
from central Yukon should have been teaching management at Harvard; a guy from
far northern British Columbia with less than a grade eight education who
recited Shakespeare by the hour; and others.
Regards,
Ed
----- Original Message -----
From: Keith Hudson
To: RE-DESIGNING WORK, INCOME DISTRIBUTION, EDUCATION ; Ed Weick
Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2012 4:59 AM
Subject: Re: [Futurework] For Harry
Ed,
I think most of us would agree that Chrystia Freeland is one of the most
perceptive commentators around.
As for me, having been deprived of decent reading/thinking material after a
fortnight in an acute hospital ward, her book will serve as a welcome (?) into
the real world.
I imagine her book is an extension of a long essay she wrote on Reuters about
a year ago after a series of interviews with some of the richest men in the
world.
Keith
22:14 22/10/2012, you wrote:
Chrystia Freeland has a new book out, "Plutocrats". I looked at it as a
bookstore today, but at $32 I decided to wait for the paperback edition or at
least until next payday. What it deals with is the tremendous disparity in
wealth between the very rich and the 99%. Henry George figures into it because
Freeland says that a lot of the income the very rich get is derived from
owning, not producing, i.e. they are "rentiers".
Freeland, who comes from remote northern Alberta, has done very well as an
international journalist. I believe Harry Pollard knew her when she was a
child.
Ed
----- Original Message -----
From: Ray Harrell
To: RE-DESIGNING WORK, INCOME DISTRIBUTION,EDUCATION
Sent: Monday, October 22, 2012 2:10 AM
Subject: [Futurework] For Harry
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/chrystia-freeland/henry-george-capitalism_b_1997899.html?utm_hp_ref=yahoo&ir=Yahoo
REH
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