A great list from Mike: > > > 1. Big Platforms > > In that respect, I suspect that we'd need massive structural changes. I'm > thinking: > > a) abundant and free education and training > b) a robust safety net for the temporarily unemployed (workfare on steroids) > c) female and minority-targeted STEM programs > d) income-based affirmative action > e) block grants to states for public boarding schools > f) a job guarantee program (with the federal government as the Employer of > Last Resort for temporary projects) > g) Golden Rule budgeting (balanced budgets over an economic cycle, with a > clear exception for infrastructure). This would prioritize investment, > infrastructure and R&D spending over entitlements and temporary stimulus > spending
The only caveat is that I’d make it “STEAM” instead of STEM, with “A” for Art. The future of manufacturing is mass customization, which requires creativity rather than compliance. — Ernie P. -- -- Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community <RadicalCentrism@googlegroups.com> Google Group: http://groups.google.com/group/RadicalCentrism Radical Centrism website and blog: http://RadicalCentrism.org --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to radicalcentrism+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
