Heard some interesting commentary this morning on the Leonard Lopate show by former Secretary of Labor Robert B. Reich on why he thinks “super-capitalism” has outmoded democracy.

He posits that Americans are increasingly disengaged from the democratic process and people are more concerned about prices than creating a stronger social fabric… So the question we beg is…

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