William Greider Quotes

The threat to globalization is not the wasted American dollars but Washington’s readiness to mix US commercial interests with its self-appointed role as global protector.

The point is, the political reporters are the ones who no longer understand the ritual they are covering. They keep searching for political meanings in the tepid events when a convention is now essentially a human drama and only that.

The economy is not governed with the bottom half in mind.

The do-it-yourself version of pensions is a flop, as many Americans have painfully learned.

The burnt odor in Washington is from the disintegrating authority of the governing classes.

Obviously, people with low or even moderate incomes could not afford such savings rates, and even diligent savings from their low wages would not be enough to pay for either retirement or healthcare.