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Thursday, August 15, 2013

The Problem With Elites

http://www.salon.com/2013/08/15/elites_ruin_everything/

Interesting piece and largely accurate.

But what Lind describes is not "elite" opinion so much as neo-conservative and center-right wealthy CW.

"Elite" opinion can - and should - include people like Paul Krugman and Joe Stiglitz who have been remarkably prescient.
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