02 February 2010
Stein’s Law
David Sanger wrote an illuminating piece in the New York Times on 2 February 2010. He reported on the dilemma of the Obama Administration in having to withstand the costs of ending the country’s recession while preserving our preeminence as the world’s leading political power. He concluded that Obama’s best hope is that things always eventually come to an end—a principle apparently espoused by Herbert Stein.
Stein's Law is a flimsy scaffold on which to build hope for economic (or geopolitical) recovery. How about reforming the way we run our social system? Politics should never have become a profession for those who need to earn a living. Just like artists, the poeple who govern us should have day jobs.
David Sanger wrote an illuminating piece in the New York Times on 2 February 2010. He reported on the dilemma of the Obama Administration in having to withstand the costs of ending the country’s recession while preserving our preeminence as the world’s leading political power. He concluded that Obama’s best hope is that things always eventually come to an end—a principle apparently espoused by Herbert Stein.
Stein's Law is a flimsy scaffold on which to build hope for economic (or geopolitical) recovery. How about reforming the way we run our social system? Politics should never have become a profession for those who need to earn a living. Just like artists, the poeple who govern us should have day jobs.
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