Mission Possible!

Lenny Sussman, Author and Egalitarian--Leonard Sussman, age 77, is an emerging author of historical and economic science fiction. Mission Possible! is Leonard's first book with the Manor Publishing Collective. He has lived at St. Paul's Manor in San Diego for 5 years. If this first book is well received, he already has new themes planned for future discourse. Leonard was never married, has no children, and has a life-long interest in wanting to change the world. His goal: a kinder, gentler place for everyone. Strongly egalitarian (Mission Possible! certainly demonstrates that!), he has advocated federal progress, guaranteed employment at a livable minimum wage for everyone willing and able to work, and guaranteed income with no work requirement for everyone (on the grounds that even "lazy bums" have the right to a decent life). These proposals for guaranteed income were included in his master's thesis in economics at Brooklyn College in 1968. Recently, he has proposed a new view in economics-"Economics of Needs and Wants." In line with his egalitarian ideology and in honor of Bernie Sanders, he calls this "Socialism for Needs, Capitalism for Wants." During the 2020 pandemic, his progressive economic views became more plausible, maybe even necessary.