Articles tagged with: Martin Luther King

Here’s Tom Friedman, calling the financial crisis “the big one” and comparing it to “the morning after Pearl Harbor.” If he really believes that, he ought to consider, at least, endorsing Citizen Dividends, a guaranteed income for every adult American. Wielding his favorite weapon, colorful metaphors, he compares our financial system to the heart, money [...]

On talk radio shows about economic issues, a common theme is gaining steam. Callers denounce government bailouts and handouts to banks, Wall Street, AIG, GM, and so on — and say that, instead, they want government to give money to ordinary people. Give us the money! Not to the people who caused the problems! Depending [...]

There were two issue campaigns that Martin Luther King focused on throughout the last year of his life, and both are still relevant, still necessary. One was opposing the war in Vietnam and his more general opposition to militarism.  The second was calling for a guaranteed income. For King, moreover, they were not separate issues, [...]