[jz638]

traditionally and historically, hegemony means leadership and guidance. Marxists hijacked the term to be connotated as a self-serving, corrupting influence. You can figure out for yourself which version this not-so-cunning linguist is using in the first two paragraphs and skip the rest.

[arete]

Marxists hijacked the term to be connotated as a self-serving, corrupting influence. You can figure out for yourself which version this not-so-cunning linguist is using in the first two paragraphs and skip the rest.

You are talking about Bill Gross -- one of the most successful bond fund managers around. He's just laying it out as it is.

Richard W.

[Positive]

You wrote: "You can figure out for yourself which version this not-so-cunning linguist is using in the first two paragraphs and skip the rest."

Perhaps is "cunning linguist" talents leave something for you to desire, but he is the manager of the largest bond portfolio in the world. BTW he got there by being right about the economy more often than wrong.