Re: [silk] The 1% plutocracy

2011-11-28 Thread Srini RamaKrishnan
On Mon, Nov 28, 2011 at 11:08 AM, Vinayak Hegde wrote: [...] > As for the select few being happy, my limited knowledge of history > says that it was the background for the French Revolution. You need to > visit the palace at Versailles to understand why the French revolution > happened. no amount

Re: [silk] The 1% plutocracy

2011-11-28 Thread Vinayak Hegde
On Mon, Nov 28, 2011 at 3:17 PM, Srini RamaKrishnan wrote: > On Thu, Nov 24, 2011 at 11:48 PM, Srini RamaKrishnan wrote: > Bob Frank, IMVHO manages to define the problem, but I don't like the > solution. There are many social sciences and psychological case > studies showing that it's impossible

Re: [silk] The 1% plutocracy

2011-11-28 Thread Srini RamaKrishnan
On Thu, Nov 24, 2011 at 11:48 PM, Srini RamaKrishnan wrote: > In light of the Occupy Wall Street protests and popular concern around the > 1%, I point you to this remarkably cogent voice of concern from a decade > ago. > > It's a long read, but persist and it will leave you in no doubt about the >