"The New Class Conflict," By Joel Kotkin. Are Geeks The New Oppressors?

"The New Class Conflict"

Financial Times Review

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/b954c9d4-383a-11e4-a687-00144feabdc0.html#axzz3L8OPfv10

George Will spotlights Kotkin's book in "Government For The Strongest"

http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/george-will-government-for-the-strongest/2014/12/05/64980870-7be2-11e4-b821-503cc7efed9e_story.html

Alan: Personally I am favor of radical wealth re-distribution that focuses entrepreneurial acumen, targeted instruction for high-demand skill-sets (like speciality welding and plastic molding machine operation) and a new "Small Business Administration" based on best-practice micro-lending programs that have fostered self-sufficiency among dirt-poor people world-wide. 

Historically, it is useful to recall that the economic booms of the 1950s and 1990s occurred long after The New Deal was implemented. 

The problem is not wealth redistribution.

The solution is wealth redistribution.

Don't expect wealth redistribution to be discussed in the mainstream media which epitomizes the self-aggrandizement of wealth concentration.

Kiva Microlending

http://www.cnet.com/news/kiva-humanizes-microlending-to-third-world-entrepreneurs/

Small Business Administration's current Microloan Program

https://www.sba.gov/content/microloan-program

The downside of micro-lending: 

http://www.businessweek.com/stories/2007-12-12/the-ugly-side-of-microlending

http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2013-05-30/new-research-indicates-microloans-dont-solve-poverty