Economy

What I found interesting about this quote was how easily -- and perhaps more aptly -- the description applied to our more recent unpleasantness.

And I do very often just find these things at random, taking a book off the shelf and opening it with no plan. That's what happened with this one.

Goldwater, however, wasn't evil, and yes, he did have some good points. He was at least able to admit he was wrong.

https://coyotegulch.blog/2014/02/17/all-that-dam-building-on-the-colorado-across-the-west-was-a-big-mistake-barry-goldwater-coloradoriver/

Goldwater’s public epiphany came about when PBS aired “Cadillac Desert,” a series based on Marc Reisner’s eponymous book. In the third episode, when Goldwater and Reisner were discussing the adjudication of the Colorado River, the silver-haired Goldwater looked out across the sprawling megalopolis of Phoenix and asked, “What have we done to this beautiful desert, our wild rivers? All that dam building on the Colorado, across the West, was a big mistake. What in the world were we thinking?”