Walter Russell Mead – Kruse Kronicle

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Apr 20, 2013

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1. What a horrific week for Boston and west Texas people. Our prayers are with the many people who have been so deeply traumatized and injured in these events. Regarding how we respond to such events in public discourse, I thought this article from Slate was especially good. Be Meaningful or Be Quiet "… We…

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Jan 26, 2013

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1. Lots of news outlets picked up on this story about technology displacing humans. In The Future, Machines May Have All The Jobs. We all know where this leads. Seriously, technological innovation always creates dislocations. Fear of machines replacing humans goes back to the beginning of the industrial revolution. The economy has always adapted, and…

It’s Not About Consumption

Mar 5, 2012

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in Business, Economics, Politics, Public Policy, Sociology, Trends: Economic, Trends: Social

The American Interest: Beyond Blue 6: The Great Divorce Walter Russell Mead (Note: For an explanation of the "Blue Social Model" click here.) The decline of the blue social model is a subject I’ve been thinking about for the last thirty years. … … One of the realizations that helped me accept the need to…

The Anglo-American “Invisible Hand”

Jul 15, 2008

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in Capitalism and Markets, Culture, Economics, Politics, Theology

It has been commonplace to revile or praise the idea of the "invisible hand" for some time now. This metaphor is most typically applied to economics. The idea is that individuals, independently seeking their best interests, benefit the whole community as if guided by an invisible hand. Adam Smith is usually attributed as this metaphor's…

Waspophobes

Jul 10, 2008

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in Culture, Europe, Globalization, History, International Affairs, Sociology

What is a Waspophoe, you might ask? Recently I've been reading Walter Russell Mead's God and Gold: Britain, America, and the Making of the Modern World. Waspophobe is a term Mead uses to describe disdain for the Anglo-Saxon world shared across the planet during at least the last three centuries. Mead explains that most non-U.K.…

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It’s Not About Consumption

The Anglo-American “Invisible Hand”

Waspophobes