Last week there was a big dust up over a TED lecture that was slow to be released, not because of any hesitation on part of the man who gave the lecture, but on part of the TED organization. The content of this lecture is radical in terms of the dominant paradigm in that the man who gave it, a venture capitalist, spoke about the need for the wealthy to pay more in taxes as lower taxes lead to the wealthy becoming more wealthy as opposed to creating jobs.
The video was finally released, but I enjoyed reading the transcript even more thanks to The Atlantic posting it, along with the slides, last Thursday.
http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2012/05/here-is-the-full-inequality-speech-and-slideshow-that-was-too-hot-for-ted/257323/#.T7UVz2j9Qig.facebook
And on Friday, Slate.com posted the following graphic that illustrates the change in poverty county by county nation-wide from 2007-2010. 6 Colorado counties have a lower poverty rate - south east and south central ones, and I have been thinking about the reasons for it all morning. Is it the influx of second home buyers in Saguache and Fremont counties? Is there a drop in overall population in the southeast counties? Would any readers who have more credible answers (or, at least, theories) chime in and share?
http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/map_of_the_week/2012/05/poverty_rates_most_u_s_counties_see_increasing_poverty_rates.html
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