William Greider American Author Quotations

Conceivably, we could be witnessing the start of a break from the era of US-led globalization in which Washington preached unfettered trade to the rest of the world.

The Democrats should concentrate instead on how to spend money - lots of it - in smart, socially useful ways that help struggling wage earners.

If US per capita income continues to grow at a rate of 1.5 percent a year, the country will have plenty of money to finance comfortable retirements and high-quality healthcare for all citizens, including those at the bottom of the wage ladder.

A recent survey in Wisconsin found that only 6 percent of citizens believe their elected representatives serve the public interest.

The far more threatening problem is elsewhere - shrinking pensions, collapsed personal savings and soaring costs for health insurance.

Nevertheless, I resist cynicism and continue to believe in the possibilities for genuine democracy.

As the world's finest democracy, we do not do guillotines. But there are other less bloody rituals of humiliation, designed to reassure the populace that order is restored, the Republic cleansed.

In this country you can say aloud or publish just about anything you like.

Animal-rights advocates remind us of this admonition: The ways in which people treat animals will be reflected in how people relate to one another.