Galbraith, Redux

I finally finished The Age of Uncertainty.

True to form, Galbraith tries to end on somewhat of a high note, presenting solutions for the mess we're presumably in (or were in, anyway in the 1970's). He makes a case for emulating the Swiss, whose systems supports -- demands -- more of the role of the individual in government.

People don't vote for politicians, who are other people to solve your problems; people vote to solve the problems themselves. Not a bad idea, I suppose, although in this country referendums would probably turn into the tyranny of the populous.

He also makes a joke that in 200 years, the brightest minds and the American people have helped politics evolve from George Washington, through Abraham Lincoln, to Richard Nixon. If only he could see us now!