Community | February 15, 2011 | 23 comments

Video: Jeffrey Sach's Responds to the State of Politics in the US

source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCPz2SzROFQ

peterzylstramoore
Really excellent and candid video on the state of politics in the US.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCPz2SzROFQ
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23 comments // Video: Jeffrey Sach's Responds to the State of Politics in the US // Video

  • tommic
    • 0
      tommic  

    • Great post Peter, Jeff Sachs is a pleasure to listen to, he is pragmatic without prejudice. Thats what great minds start with, and Jeff Sachs takes it to the TED Talks levels in putting things in terms for all to understand. We need more just like him, it would be nice to see him team up with Former Senator Russ Feingold and the progressive movements newest and very solid chance of becoming a power broker in politics. time will tell...

    • 1 year ago
  • congoboy
    • 0
      congoboy  

    • the politicians both democrat and republican have been driving the country into the tank for the last 20 years and we have to pay to clean up their mess

    • 1 year ago
  • Funky
    • Funky [removed]  
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  • peterzylstramoore
    • +1
      peterzylstramoore  
    • Funky:

      The president has shown little evidence that he is anything less than a corporate democrat. Prior to entering office, he showed himself quite capable about capable of drawing support to the concept of change, but in office even under a large democratic majority, his version of healthcare reform was basically a republican idea, his bank regulatory reform was entirely inadequate, and he has increased the military budget and made it off limits while cutting back on social programming. Obama has been the very same right of centre president since he took office whether he was surrounded by Democrats or Republicans.

    • 1 year ago
  • congoboy
  • Earthwalker
  • letsliveinpeace
  • ahiguy
    • -2
      ahiguy  

    • So let's just plunder the rich... and initiate income redistribution, that'll fix all the problems... right?

    • 1 year ago
  • toyotabedzrock
    • +2
      toyotabedzrock  
    • ahiguy:

      Yes it will. Thats part of how a representative government works.

      We can do it now or if you want to wait we will just rise up and kill you later. As has happened over and over in history.

      Your choice.

    • 1 year ago
  • ahiguy
    • -2
      ahiguy  
    • toyotabedzrock:

      What have you left when the treasury of the rich is plundered and the power brokers are unseated?
      I think chaos will reign in a fashion that you cannot imagine.
      Tell me, I want to know what your plan is?
      - Especially if you expect me and mine to follow or support your Utopian ideal.

    • 1 year ago
  • samthesixth
  • toyotabedzrock
    • +2
      toyotabedzrock  
    • samthesixth:

      I didn't say me, I said we. Like the 30k people who protested in NJ last year and the 10K that protested in WI. You can bet those numbers will increase.

      Further it is not about imposing my will upon anyone.

      Nice try tho...

    • 1 year ago
  • samthesixth
  • congoboy
  • toyotabedzrock
  • TheAmericanPatriot
  • fairandbiased
    • +2
      fairandbiased  

    • Why can't we get a progressive candidate like this to run against Obama in 2012 ??? He obviously gets it, and he's eloguent and fiesty enough to debate the corporacrats into slobbering confusion.
      At the rate we're losing every single social program and protective agency gained since WWII, we'll ALL be living under a bridge next to a glowing stench ridden trench within the next 5 years unless this insanity is stopped right now.

    • 1 year ago
  • Nick19
    • +2
      Nick19  

    • What a great analysis by this economist. Definitely need to have this video published as much as possible over the internet. A bit of an interesting prediction to make about an Egyptian situation in the US. His explanation about rising food prices and climate change is without question a very serious and scary thing to think about. We obviously need a more efficient government with more pragmatic ideas for solving the problems that are currently plaguing us and we ought to demand for the sacking of the Congress as well as the executive branch and demand a total reworking of the political party system in this country.

    • 1 year ago
  • galwayman
    • +3
      galwayman  

    • I agree could be the best video I've ever seen on what's wrong voted way way up! Lets run Sachs for president he'd get my vote!

    • 1 year ago
  • Progresshiv
    • +6
      Progresshiv  

    • One of the best videos I've ever seen in terms of succinctly describing what's wrong. Voted up! Thank you. I sent the link to one of my colleagues, a history professor, and this was his reply:

      "the spin or reality on Sachs is that he's one of those who sold the Russians on free market reforms in scandalous ways - kickbacks and the like.

      While you and I side with his critique, in this video at least, there are those of us who never take Sachs very seriously."

    • 1 year ago
  • samthesixth
  • treewolf39
  • peterzylstramoore
    • +6
      peterzylstramoore  

    • Sach's was initially swayed by Reaganish neoliberal economic policies during his early career and I was unimpressed by his first book "the end of poverty", and his work in Russia, and Bolivia etc. However, his second book common wealth seemed to represent a far more nuanced view of the world and it was worth the read. This interview also represents an impressive grasp of current US politics.

    • 1 year ago
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