Blackthorn is the nom de plume of an American living in Europe. Ph.D. in social science; author of peer-reviewed publications; experienced in international organizations and fieldwork in emergency relief and development; carer of the eponymous tree and many others; writing about urgent issues of the day (with only the occasional conspiracy theory)
Jimmy Carter and the Road Not Taken
In Carter’s final days, a consideration I’m largely a fan of Jimmy Carter, certainly in comparison to all who followed. He practiced a warm kind of politics, appealing to people’s better natures. He refrained from caricaturing his political opponents; in fact he would have benefited from FDR’s ability to define his opposition’s unworthy motives (“malefactors…
Corporations have a big fat Achilles heel that we should be leveraging
Just the threat of revoking limited liability, without which no prudent investor would invest, would shake share prices. Merely a murmur should cause shareholder action.
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