Oil rig of Damocles, part II

John Kenneth Galbraith died Saturday at the age of 97. An advisor to presidents, professor at Harvard, and author of many books Galbraith wrote The Affluent Society in 1958, deriding the "consumer sovereignty" model of American economics and calling for an economy oriented toward the common good. Unfortunately we have yet to fully implement his advice. Sounds like my to-read list just got a little longer. I was previously unaware of his work, Thanks to Dantzler Smith for correcting this deficiency (occasionally people in the blogome say intelligent things. Also the author has a link to Duke Basketball Report - clearly a like mind. His blog is a worthwhile read.).