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Who: Kimball Corson. Text and Photos not disclaimed or that are obviously not mine are copyright (c) Kimball Corson 2004-2016
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09 April 2018 | Pago Pago, American Samoa
An Informed Atheist Re-Addresses Christianity
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A Progressive Reform Program for America
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Supply Side and Libertarians Are Wrong and Not Supported by the Data
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How Income Inequality Injures People and the Economy
22 August 2017 | Pago Pago, American Samoa
A Democratic Reform Program for America
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The Supply Side Libertarians Are Wrong and Not Supported by the Data
22 August 2017 | Pago Pago, American Samoa
The Rise of Economic Ignorance
22 August 2017 | Pago Pago, American Samoa
The Rise of Corporate Dominance and the Rise of Income Inequality (Part VI)
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The Rise of Corporate Dominance and the Rise of Income Inequality (Part V)
22 August 2017 | Pago Pago, American Samoa
The Rise of Corporate Dominance and the Rise of Income Inequality (Part IV)
22 August 2017 | Pago Pago, American Samoa
The Rise of Corporate Dominance and the Rise of Income Inequality (Part III)
22 August 2017 | Pago Pago, American Samoa
The Rise of Corporate Dominance and the Rise of Income Inequality (Part II)
22 August 2017 | Pago Pago, American Samoa
The Rise of Corporate Dominance and the Rise of Income Inequality (Part I)
22 August 2017 | Pago Pago, American Samoa
Racial Hatred Is Confused
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What To Do About North Korea
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Ban Hate Marches and Assemblies
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The Demise of the Democratic Party
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On Elitism

Economic Doldrums and its Pain Flow Down Hill

27 June 2016 | American Samoa
Kimball Corson
The bottom half of the US population fairs poorly in economic matters. So do the bottom halves of the populations of Great Britain, France, Italy and Spain.Those reading the media of these countries think all is well albeit controlled by national leaders and policy makers, but that simply is not the case. The media only focuses on and addresses the top half. This is why Trump, as a rouser of the US bottom half, fairs so well and why Briexit happened. The bottom ends are rebelling and this is just the start of it.

The elite worlds of finance and monetary policy have much less impact on the larger world of the real economy and its bottom populations in most circumstances than is supposed, especially to those with their noses glued to the small world of finance. The bottom halves of populations in most countries are often hurting, but the top halves of those populations are geared and policy-targeted to fair much better, if not well by the politicians and the oligarchies of those countries. Economic pain flows almost exclusively down hill, but the aggregate economies can continue to look good or adequate because dollar growth in the top halves can swamp no or little growth in the bottom halves when simple averages are used.

This fact aids ignoring the bottom halves and proclaiming the totals really do reflect aggregate successes. A blind eye and a little thoughtlessness also helps. The American economy is doing wonderfully many proclaim, ignoring who is getting what of the pie and who gets nothing more or even less of it. Other countries are fairing even less well with their data aggregates and numbers games, but everywhere the bottom end populations are beginning to hate, roar and howl. Their destructive urge is growing and their propensity for self injury is too. Witness Briexit.

Almost no one looks at how things could and should be for all to do much better relative to the status quo. Anger and hate, and isolationism and retrenchment are not useful for thinking about or considering these matters. They are preludes to rebellious, disruptive and destructive activity modeled theoretically on republican (congressional) behavior in the US. If I cannot have a good life, I won't let you or anyone have one either is the growing sentiment in bottom populations. Common threads and causes are emerging worldwide.

Change is coming in the form of a ground swell around the globe. The French revolution, our republican congress and oligarchical behavior almost everywhere have developed overlapping and angry sensibilities. We are just getting started.
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Who: Kimball Corson. Text and Photos not disclaimed or that are obviously not mine are copyright (c) Kimball Corson 2004-2016
Port: Lake Pleasant, AZ