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Accounting for Trump and the Resurgence of Autocracy

November 28, 2021 Comments Off on Accounting for Trump and the Resurgence of Autocracy
11.28.2021 – revised 11.29.2021 For the last ten years and more I have been studying US history and the current state of our affairs. A significant focus has been on what I refer to as the “actual workings of capitalism”. You can find some of the findings at AmericanDelusions.com. More --->> read more -->>
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A Major Shift in Emphasis – the environment

September 6, 2019 Comments Off on A Major Shift in Emphasis – the environment
Friday 9/6/2019 Over the last several months I have been working on a restatement of the fundamental characteristics of the capitalist system. In doing this I have been thinking afresh about the current crisis of global warming and the surrounding environmental disasters of species extinction and the general defacement of --->> read more -->>
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Adult Learning Models

March 14, 2019 3
If one is interested in helping people develop new understandings of how their society works the question of how adults learn and engage is critical. Clearly standard pedagogical approaches are inappropriate because our readers are adults not the ages typical for K-12 and college instruction. Further, standard pedagogy is top-down --->> read more -->>
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Rethinking AmericanDelusions

January 15, 2019 Comments Off on Rethinking AmericanDelusions
Recent conversations about AmericanDelusions (AD) has brought me around to new thinking about the organizing principles of AD and how to make the content more useful and accessible. What are the underlying ideas of American life? So, exactly what do I mean by referring to “delusions”? As noted in the --->> read more -->>
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House Cleaning at AmericanDelusions

December 18, 2018 Comments Off on House Cleaning at AmericanDelusions
New Topics Prompted by comments from a reader I’ve undertaken some changes in the organization of the site. Most significant are four new categories: education environment inequality women. Gone are the days when my Introduction to AmericanDelusions included the note:  “Missing But Not – Two topics that do not appear in --->> read more -->>