The rich nations of the world are acting like ancient usurers, lending money to the desperate poor on terms that cannot possibly be met and, thus, steadily acquiring more and more control over the lives and assets of the poor.

Obviously, people with low or even moderate incomes could not afford such savings rates, and even diligent savings from their low wages would not be enough to pay for either retirement or healthcare.

Maybe the reason some folks lag behind in our free enterprise system is because they depend too much on the free part and not enough on their own enterprise.

In its present terms, the global system values property over human life.

Efficiency obliterates identity

When self-important people and powerful institutions are governed by illusion, history has a way of biting back.

The present struggle seems less about abolishing big government than about who gets to use it.