Joel Kotkin over at The American notes the sorry failure of the “blue” model of governance and economics. I highly recommend reading the whole article.
As for me, I’ll note that the only way we can really get rich – really get out of our economic jam – is if we make, mine and grow things. Urban hipsters would certainly prefer that we make our money by talking to each other and shuffling money around…but, in the end, you have to dig things out of the ground, grow things and put things together for there to be wealth creation. In other words, you have to get dirty and be willing to put some sweat in to it (icky, sticky, stinky sweat! And, my goodness, all those piercings will be quite a hazard if you’re actually working for a living).
The blue economy is what died in late 2008 – the economy of usury, of mere technological innovation (as if we really need a new, improved cell phone or a new program that allows us to view porn a little faster), of money shuffling and living off the government dime. We’ll be stuck with “blue” economics as long as Obama is in office, but the good news is that the longer liberals stay in charge (to a certain point, of course) the easier it will be for us to install a new paradigm for economics and government.
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