On Wed, Nov 08, 2006 at 11:15:19AM -0500, ravi wrote: > > The 'netroots' are claiming the Dem successes as [by and large] a result > of Internet activism. How much credit is due to them can be debated, but > I think they have demonstrated strong commitment, collaboration, and > discipline in their efforts over the past 2-4 years. >
I wasn't thinking about becoming another voice in the blogosphere. Instead, I was thinking of more basic work of framing issues. For example, for years I have been writing about importance of increasing wages as a means of spurring productivity. I have not gotten very far in communicating this idea, perhaps because I did not frame it well enough. I suspect concepts like this might prove useful in debates over minimum wage and in explaining how the right-wing effort to hold wages down has been destructive to working-class interests. People like Dean Baker, Doug Henwood, and Doug Orr have done excellent work in framing Social Security. Only Dean Baker seems to have gotten public traction. Doug Henwood seem to have gotten far more notoriety from his little graph about Bush and gas prices, which was very interesting, but probably would not help ordinary people understand the circumstances. I'm not sure what the next step should be. I always find in group discussions when I think that I am on to some great thought, listening to the group usually exposes the limits of my own understanding. -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail michael at ecst.csuchico.edu michaelperelman.wordpress.com
