She went there.
The subtext of any conversation on the best way to “stimulate” the economy is, of course, hot-hot-doin-it. But it took several days and the great Barbara Ehrenreich for someone to actually come out and say it. In the liveliest piece I’ve seen on the current economic crisis/panic/depression/clusterfuck, Ehrenreich conflates the economic needs of the country with the sexual needs of women everywhere. From Desperately Seeking Stimulus:
With all the talk about how to stimulate it, you’d think that the economy is a giant clitoris. Ben Bernanke may not employ this imagery, but the immediate challenge–and the issue bound to replace Iraq and immigration in the presidential race–is how best to get the economy engorged and throbbing again.
Oh my! While we were still blushing, Ehrenreich went on to propose some real solutions to the crisis, urging the Bush Administration and Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernake (who looks kind of like James Lipton, or Tevye from Fiddler) to focus relief on the poor and the unemployed, aka the people who need help most. Shocking! And worth considering.
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