The author of this excellent piece is too circumspect to actually say that "the new president of the greatest nation on the face of the earth" is himself the best illustration of the lack of reading skills that "far exceeds anything else that is curbing America's growth potential."  If Mr Trump's performances in debates and on Twitter are any indication, he himself is almost inarticulate ("terrific," "horrible," great," "disaster," and so on). His reading-list seems to extend no further than his own press clippings, and his CEO-like imagination is terminally walled-off at monetary wealth. It fails entirely to make the all-important leap from sheer blank materialism to moral generosity and magnanimity.  "Others, you say? Nonsense!" Beggar-thy-neighbour is the name of Trump's game. He seems to be blind to any other form of riches.