“No one knows how to define progress in such a mixed-up situation.” And so began a U.S. congressman’s proposal to use stock market techniques to measure war progress.
As seen in Part 1, from the Constitution to the beginning of television to the latest headlines, Americans need progress. Or something that looks like it.
The congressman found it in the Iraq Index. This includes rates of monthly car-bombs, foreign nationals’ kidnappings, and things like . . . read on >>
“Progress is a message that we send
One step closer to the future
One inch closer to the end”
In this episode and the next we examine how, under immense pressure, the world’s most powerful leader chose to rely on a single word to defend himself and a highly unpopular war. Punk music, the world’s second largest company, former presidents and homicide detectives provide the answer.
Could the world’s most active, most powerful image-makers be taking advice from a punk music group . . . read on >>
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