124. Quoted by
125. James Hansen, “The Price of Change,”
126. Remarks on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” May 23, 2010; available online at http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/37279599/ ns/meet_the_press/.
127. Thomas L. Friedman, “Our One-Party Democracy,”
Chapter Three
1. Philip Pangalos, “Greece on brink of abyss as three bank workers killed in riots,”
2. Emily Ford and David Charter, “Q&A: The Greek Crisis,”
3. Interview with Thames TV, London, England, February 5, 1976; available online at http://www.margaretthatcher.org/document/102953 .
4. United Nations, “Total Fertility Rate (children per woman),” UNData; available online at http://data.un.org/Data.aspx? d=PopDiv&f=variableID%3A54.
5. Alan S. Blinder, “The Concise Encyclopedia of Economics: Keynesian Economics,” Library of Economics and Liberty; available online at http://www.econlib.org/library/Enc/Keynesi anEconomics.html.
6. Remarks during state of the state address in Sacramento, California, January 9, 2007; available online at http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp- dyn/content/article/2007/01/09/AR2007010901427.html.
7. Jeff Gottlieb and Ruben Vives, “Benefits push Bell ex-manager’s compensation to more than $1.5 million,”
8. Christopher Palmeri, “California Official’s $800,000 Salary in City of 38,000 Triggers Protests,” Bloomberg, July 20, 2010; available online at http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-07-20/california- official-s-800-000-salary-in-city-of-38-000-triggers-protests.html.
9. Nicole Gelinas, “Bell’s Debt Tolls,”
10. Peter S. Green and Martin Z. Braun, “NYC Snow ‘Overwhelmed’ Emergency System, Mayor Says,” Bloomberg, December 31, 2010; available online at http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-12-29/new-york-city-s-emergency-response-overwhelmed-by- blizzard-mayor-says.html.
11. Ibid.
12. Sally Goldenberg, Larry Celona and Josh Margolin, “Sanitation Department’s slow snow cleanup was a budget protest,”
13. Edgar Sandoval and Larry McShane, “Sanitation boss John Doherty’s street plowed clean, but nearby streets remain winter blunderland,”
14. Ray Long and Michelle Manchir, “Thousands rally at Illinois Capitol—for a tax increase,”
15. Landon Thomas Jr., “Patchwork Pension Plan Adds to Greek Debt Woes,”
16. Ibid.
17. BBC, “Greek Officials Strike Over Cuts,” February 4, 2010; available online at http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8497912.stm.
18. CNN, “Greek PM slams European Union amid crisis,” February 14, 2010; available online at http://articles.cnn.com/2010-02-14/world/greece.eu.crisis_1_european-union-van-rompuy- greece?_s=PM:WORLD.
19. Ian Traynor and Katie Allen, “Austerity Europe: Who Faces the Cuts,”
20. Ibid.
21. Robert Samuelson, “The Welfare State’s Death Spiral,” syndicated column, May 10, 2010; available online at http: //www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2010/05/10/the_welfare_states_death_spiral_105503.html.
22. Remarks to the
23. Luke Harding, “Germany agonises over 30% childless women,”
