Do liberals need to rethink their outlook on globalization? Two progressive economists debate.
Jeff Faux
Jeff Faux, founding president and now distinguished fellow at the Economic Policy Institute, is the author of The Servant Economy and The Global Class War.
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Breaking the Consensus (Finally)
For the first time in a long time, it may be politically achievable to make globalization work for working Americans.
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Canoeing Life’s River
I grew up in an urban world of concrete and asphalt. Nature was a few weeds sprouting from sidewalk cracks in August. Summer camp was for rich kids. So I spent a lot of time dreaming of living in the wilderness, fueled by images from James Fennimore Cooper — the buckskin-clad deerslayer paddling down rivers, […]
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Viva López!
The dramatic political crisis that had menaced Mexico’s nascent democracy for the past month is settled. As a result, the country’s next president may well be a populist from a left-wing party — a prospect that gives heartburn to Washington and Wall Street. For the past year, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, the mayor of Mexico […]
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The Mess In Mexico
Mexico’s fragile democracy is under attack from its own government — and may not survive. Yet the Bush administration’s neoconservatives, who almost daily proclaim their commitment to protect — and indeed impose — free elections in the world’s every nook and cranny, are silent. Turns out that their defense of democracy extends only to candidates […]
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All Action, No Talk
A California Labor Union leader once described to me the 1966 campaign to re-elect Democrat Pat Brown as governor. “We had a massive campaign to identify our voters,” he said, “we contacted everyone at least twice, and we did a tremendous job of getting them to the polls on election day — where they voted […]
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Losing Ground
During the 2000 presidential TV debates, George W. Bush relentlessly repeated the tired Republican mantra that government, especially the federal government, is the enemy of American workers. As president, he’s turned that rhetoric into reality. Actually, Bush is as much a big-government guy as was Lyndon Johnson or FDR. But in his case, Bush has […]
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Talk Back
Bradford DeLong wrote about Robert Rubin in the February issue of The American Prospect. Here, Jeff Faux addresses some of the issues raised by DeLong. Brad DeLong is a smart guy and a good economist. He makes the best argument one can that Bill Clinton and Bob Rubin did the best economic-policy job they could […]
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Debate Club
The High Cost of Rubinomics By Jeff Faux If a Democratic president gets to replace Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan when the latter’s term is up in 2006, Bob Rubin is the odds-on favorite. He has the financial credentials: Goldman-Sachs, U.S. Treasury, Citigroup. He raises money for Democrats. And he is credited with the one […]
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Robert Rubin’s Contested Legacy
In an Uncertain World: Tough Choices From Wall Street to Washington By Robert Rubin and Jacob Weisberg, Random House, 448 pages, $35.00 If a Democratic president gets to replace Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan when the latter’s term is up in 2006, Bob Rubin is the odds-on favorite. He has the financial credentials: Goldman-Sachs, U.S. […]
