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The Most Important Economic Speech of His Presidency
by empathysurplus

Republished with permission by Robert Reich
Originally published December 6, 2011

Robert Reich Writes:

USA President B. Obama’s speech today in Osawatomie, Kansas — where Teddy Roosevelt gave his “New Nationalism” speech in 1910 — is the most important economic speech of his presidency in terms of connecting the dots, laying out the reasons behind our economic and political crises, and asserting a willingness to take on the powerful and the privileged that have gamed the system to their advantage.

Here are the highlights (and, if you’ll pardon me, my annotations):

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