July 13, 2010 · 5 comments
in George Soros, bailout, charity, economics, gifts, philanthropy, stock exchanges, terminology, wealth, wealth transfer
U.S. public discourse especially, particularly during election seasons, as we saw in the primaries leading up to Obama’s election, makes a lot of fuss with the phrase “the redistribution of wealth.”
Those using the phrase seem to intend it to refer to some type of “Robin Hood” scenario, where some guy steals from the rich in order [...]
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Diane Francis is a writer/editor/blogger over at the Financial Post (Canada), known for some slightly polemical articles and their sometimes sharply left-wing bent. I’ve seen her attack the Bush administration, Stephen Harper and others – comments left on her blog are always strongly for or against her views.
Her most recent set of posts are catching [...]
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