Entitlement programs have tended to squeeze out public investment. What is there to be done about that?
Will Marshall
Will Marshall is president of the Progressive Policy Institute.
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Liberal Loss or Progressive Mandate?
The postmortems on the Democrats’ 2000 election campaign have focused on Bill Clinton’s “moral drag” on the Democratic ticket and Al Gore’s shortcomings as a candidate. Both played a part in the unhappy outcome, but the fixation on personalities obscures a third and probably decisive factor: the campaign’s dominant themes and message. After all, Gore […]
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Controversy: Why Did Clinton Win?
Will Marshall and Mark Penn debate Robert L. Borosage and Stanley B. Greenberg.
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Friend or Faux?
Jeff Faux’s “The Myth of the New Democrats” (TAP, Fall 1993) is illuminating–but in unintentional ways. It highlights the unresolved tension in The American Prospect‘s editorial persona: though dedicated to rethinking old liberal assumptions, the magazine often shies from conclusions that defy liberal orthodoxy. TAP thus oscillates between earnest stabs at policy innovation and purse-lipped […]