October 3rd, 2011
With neither sarcastic sniffs nor youthful sentimentalism, I’d like to register my support the Occupy Wall Street protesters. If their only message were that business needs to be regulated, I would support them, because — for me — that’s the bottom line of our current financial crisis. Business must be regulated. The sweet, Reagan-era whispers that we could deregulate everything and trust business to take care of our needs have proven false.

In today’s Plus Ça Change column, I register support for the Occupy Wall Street movement. 

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