How to Beat the Coming Gas Price Hike
By Donella Meadows
–February 18, 1993—-
There is much talk of sacrifice these days, and much media drama about whether the American people will actually accept such a terrible hardship as an energy tax. The fuss is exaggerated. The energy tax is predictable, sensible, and long overdue. The people asked for it. And it is not a sacrifice.
In the last election the [...]
A President for the Bottom of the Long Wave
By Donella Meadows
–February 4, 1993–
According to long wave theory, Bill Clinton has arrived too early to ride upward on an expanding economy with the politics of easy liberalism. Clinton’s presidency will span the bottom of an economic trough, which used to be called a “depression” and is now called a “structural adjustment.” It will be a time of uncertainty and [...]
The Health Care System Is Sick
By Donella Meadows
–January 28, 1993—-
The annual letter from my health insurance company came on the same day I was reading in Future Survey about the U.S. health care system.
If you are one of those Americans still privileged to pay through the nose for health insurance, you get annual letters too. For four years in a row mine has announced a [...]
He’ll Break our Hearts, and We’ll Break His
By Donella Meadows
–January 21, 1993—-
It’s frightening to watch, every four or eight years, how we turn one of ourselves into a president.
At first, while he’s struggling toward the head of his party, we search out his dirty laundry. We blow up every rumor, no matter how unsavory its source, into a topic of national discussion. We view each aspirant with [...]
The Draft Issue and the Character Issue
By Donella Meadows
–September 17, 1992–
Which of the following experiences most qualifies a person to be a national leader?
(a). Fought honorably in World War II.
(b). Got his influential daddy to find him a place in the national guard, so he could stay out of the Vietnam War.
(c). Didn’t have an influential daddy, but pulled every string to stay in graduate school [...]
