The Rich Have Stolen The Economy

by Paul Craig Roberts

October 18, 2009

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Paul Craig Roberts was Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Economic Policy and associate editor of the Wall Street Journal. He was columnist for Business Week, Scripps Howard News Service, and Creators Syndicate. He has had many university appointments. His Internet columns have attracted a worldwide following. Read more articles by Paul Craig Roberts.
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3 Responses to The Rich Have Stolen The Economy

John Lowell
October 18, 2009 at 9:33 pm
If you are looking for concise, hard-hitting, honest commentary, look no further than that of Paul Craig Roberts, probably the web’s single most a-ideological critic of the regime. And this piece, no exception. Here, Roberts’ portrayal of the near dialectical character of today’s income inequalities is particularly evocative. One senses the chasm between the experience of the New York investment banker’s evening at the Metropolitan Opera and that of the Wise, Virginia, resident, in line, desparately seeking donated dental care. And none of this faces improvement anytime soon, of course. Keep ‘em coming, Paul.
Dennis Lee
October 21, 2009 at 1:38 pm
One Day the American People will wake to this Crime and those who committed it will pay the consequences. I am in total awe of the audacity these criminals have and they are getting away with it.
Moign Khawaja
October 24, 2009 at 11:15 am
This honestly is a very precise piece of writing where facts, stats and observation are put together. Paul’s commentary gives weight to the debate that the current global depression is nothing more but an artificial and controlled crisis where top bankers masterminded and orchestrated this scam of global scale. A few journalists like Paul in the mainstream media and truth will be hard to hide…