Bob Herbert is leaving his op-ed column at the NY Times “to write a book and expand my efforts on behalf of working people, the poor and others who are struggling in our society.” His swan song is well worth reading:
The U.S. has not just misplaced its priorities. When the most powerful country ever to inhabit the earth finds it so easy to plunge into the horror of warfare but almost impossible to find adequate work for its people or to properly educate its young, it has lost its way entirely…
His analysis of the reason why echoes the Hacker and Pierson thesis:
Overwhelming imbalances in wealth and income inevitably result in enormous imbalances of political power. So the corporations and the very wealthy continue to do well. The employment crisis never gets addressed. The wars never end. And nation-building never gets a foothold here at home.
I think he’s right and wish him the best in his next venture.
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