It turned out that, as often is the case, the disruptive effects of
a quick economic change were larger than the positive net effects the eventual equilibrium was predicted to have.
Inequalities of wealth and income have risen steadily for three decades, racial segregation continues, class segregation has deepened, and middle and working class families are fracturing in the face of this
economic onslaught, but rather than face these fundamental realities politicians keep pandering to the public and putting forth an endless stream of
quick fixes that don't cost any money and don't require real
change & mdash as if cosmetic
changes in schools are somehow going to offset decades of disinvestment in the public sphere and rising concentrations of poverty.