Noam Chomsky at Riverside Church

by Noam Chomsky

Mon, Jun 22, 2009 6:49AM

Technological solutions like cap-and-trade do not change our ecological footprint, climate change or the fraud of banks and big businesses. The edifice must be debated and changed: the role of government, the purpose of the economy, the illusions about market and democracy, public and profit goals, long-term and short-term imperatives and stakeholders and shareholders.

"We face a democracy deficit, a striking gap between public opinion and public policy.. We have to reverse social engineering projects that promoted wasteful energy consumption, suburbanization and gentrification of neighborhoods. The state-corporate program began with buying up electric streetcars in LA and dozens of other cities.."

Noam Chomsky's new book is titled "American Power. The New Mandarins."

to hear Professor Chomsky at Riverside Church, June 12, 2009, click on
http://free--expression.blogspot.com/2009/06/chomsky-at-riverside-church-nyc-12-june.html

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