08-14-2019, 08:55 AM
(07-22-2019, 10:22 AM)David Horn Wrote: The last great monopoly breakup was AT&T in 1984 -- certainly a 3T effort.
If this was the last one, and occurred when the 3T started*, it was rather the last gasp of the 2T.
* I admit that the border at 1984 isn't as clear as that of eg 1929 or 1945/46. Still, good enough.
(07-22-2019, 10:44 AM)David Horn Wrote: A political resolution requires some degree of consensus. How does that occur?
No damn idea for today, but last time, FDR's landslide happened. Check out the reasons for it.
(07-26-2019, 04:20 PM)Mikebert Wrote: Well you can access my most recently published paper here:
Read it. Can big changes not happen until the Unequality goes even higher? We're still under 1929 levels.
Also, didn't Bill Clinton raise the tax rate a bit?
(08-01-2019, 01:11 AM)AspieMillennial Wrote: If the bad guys win, the cycle is broken. If the US lost WW2 and the Nazis won then that would've been a broken cycle.
In every Crisis, someone loses. Ask the British loyalists after the ARW or the Southrons after the ACW. But the American cycle still went on.