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> it won't solve the real problem. you keep saying this. what, in your mind, is the real problem? the article lays out a very clear real problem in its view: l

> it won't solve the real problem. you keep saying this. what, in your mind, is the real problem? the article lays out a very clear real problem in its view: lack of aggregate demand. they then offer a solution to fix said problem. if you disagree with the article, please at least point out what you think the problem is. proposing a solution would also be nice...

Mz 13y ago
I suggested two underlying real problems in the U.S. here very recently: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7315440 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7315440 I don't know what all the solutions are but I am confident that one of the problems is Peak Oil. Some of the solutions for that include passive solar design, living closer to work, shopping closer to home, improving pedestrian-friendliness of built environments and improving public transit. The health issue: I don't like Obama Care. Making people pay for insurance just shifts who pays. It doesn't make people healthier. Some of the solutions for making people healthier include: Pedestrian friendly built environments which promote more walking, better education, less pollution. I don't have all the answers. I am applying the answers that I know work to my own life. I gave up my car several years ago. Most of the time, I walk everywhere. I moved a location with good public transit and I use public transit when I don't walk. I am getting myself healthier. I know these are things that work because I am applying them to my own life, though I was just told that my personal example is irrelevant and doesn't generalize. That sort of dismissiveness is something I am commonly met with. If people don't want to believe me, they don't have to. I will continue to do what works for myself because I know it works, regardless of how many nay-sayers I run into. It is getting results.

Mz 13y ago

I suggested two underlying real problems in the U.S. here very recently: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7315440 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7315440 I don't know what all the solutions are but I am confident that one of the problems is Peak Oil. Some of the solutions for that include passive solar design, living closer to work, shopping closer to home, improving pedestrian-friendliness of built environments and improving public transit. The health issue: I don't like Obama Care. Making people pay for insurance just shifts who pays. It doesn't make people healthier. Some of the solutions for making people healthier include: Pedestrian friendly built environments which promote more walking, better education, less pollution. I don't have all the answers. I am applying the answers that I know work to my own life. I gave up my car several years ago. Most of the time, I walk everywhere. I moved a location with good public transit and I use public transit when I don't walk. I am getting myself healthier. I know these are things that work because I am applying them to my own life, though I was just told that my personal example is irrelevant and doesn't generalize. That sort of dismissiveness is something I am commonly met with. If people don't want to believe me, they don't have to. I will continue to do what works for myself because I know it works, regardless of how many nay-sayers I run into. It is getting results.