What Shall We Do About America?
By Donella Meadows
–February 12, 1987–
Peace groups all over the country have been asking “What shall we do about ‘Amerika’?”
“Amerika” is the TV miniseries, to be broadcast later this month, which depicts a Soviet takeover of the United States. Like most people in the peace groups, I have not seen the show, but I’ve heard rumors about it.
In “Amerika”, as I [...]
Winter Is Coming, and So Is a Recession
By Donella Meadows
–September 11, 1986–
A recent headline reads, “Recession May be Looming on the Economic Horizon.”
But a market analyst says, “Job growth is the economy’s bottom line, and it is signaling an expanding economy.”
Page 20 of a recent Business Week tells us, “The early data during the third quarter do not support a major fizzling out of the economy into [...]
Six Hungarians Discover America
By Donella Meadows
–August 28, 1986–
I have just had the privilege of escorting six Hungarian visitors on a cross-country tour of the United States. All six are agricultural experts. They came to see our farms.
From them I learned a lot about America, in that special way I always learn from people who see my familiar world with eyes and minds conditioned [...]
Tax Reform: More Questions than Answers
By Donella Meadows
–August 14, 1986–
It takes political courage to reform a tax system. The deepest, most difficult questions of democracy get raised. What is government really for? How much should we pay for it? Who should pay? What is fair?
Dangerous questions.
During this year of tax reform, I have been holding back my questions, because of something Jay Forrester at MIT [...]
All the White House Is a Stage
By Donella Meadows
–July 17, 1986–
Will Rogers said it’s not what we DON’T KNOW that will hurt us; it’s what we KNOW that ain’t so. Politics these days is more than usually full of things we know that ain’t so. My nominee for the person who has contributed most to the rising level of national delusion is Ronald Reagan.
The President is [...]
