As we step around the wreckage wrought by the Bush administration, one awkward but crucial question is how much we need to look backward in order to clearly see the way forward.
Robert Kuttner
Robert Kuttner is co-founder and co-editor of The American Prospect, and professor at Brandeis University’s Heller School. His latest book is Notes for Next Time: Surviving Tyranny, Redeeming America. Follow Bob at his site, robertkuttner.com, and on Twitter.
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A Pass for Geithner
Tim Geithner received a remarkably light grilling at yesterday’s Senate confirmation hearings.
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GEITHNER RUMORS.
My congressional sources tell me that the nomination of Tim Geithner to serve as Treasury Secretary could be in more serious trouble than press accounts suggest. Although leading Republicans have gone out of their way to praise Geithner, Obama officials and other senior Democrats are very worried about his credibility, with revelations that Geithner failed […]
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HELP US COVER OUR MOMENT.
We started this magazine almost twenty years ago, in the hope of seeing a progressive moment come to America again, and helping to bring it about. Along the way we’ve published some highly influential articles, and incubated some terrific young talent. Most importantly, we’ve kept a flame alive — a vision of a politically possible […]
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A Tame Regulator for the SEC
Appointing a safe, Wall Street favorite like Mary Schapiro to chair the SEC does not augur well for Obama’s pledge to get at the roots of the financial crisis.
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Bailouts: The Ultimate Double Standard
The auto industry is being put through the wringer for relatively modest public aid, while the Treasury has taken a hands-off approach to the much larger bailout of the financial industry.
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The Competence Dodge
Liberals should not allow themselves to believe that the experience and competence of Obama’s economic team are substitutes for true progressivism.
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Obama’s Economic Opportunity
The dismal state of the economy presents Obama with the chance not just to produce a recovery but to restore a more egalitarian society — and a progressive majority.
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A Fine Mess
If we want to avoid another financial crisis, we must first understand why some economic thinkers saw it coming, and why others missed it.
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A Stimulus Everyone Can Love
As Congress dithers, the economy continues to crumble. The consensus that we need a stimulus package has been undermined by deadlock over what should get funding. Here’s a plan both sides can agree on.
