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The Disengaged

by Paul Starr October 1, 1994

David Hackett Fischer’s new book, Paul Revere’s Ride, is a cautionary tale for Democrats who expect their heroes to produce results overnight. The story of Paul Revere has come down to us as a tale of individual daring. In our national memory, he rides through the night single-handedly spreading the alarm about the redcoats to […]

Housing and Transportation

Reviving Community Development

by Ed Schwartz October 1, 1994

Critics have called for abandoning the struggle for community development just as some of the most promising initiatives are being launched.

Economic Policy

What I Really Say about Balancing the Budget

by Peter Peterson October 1, 1994

However you look at it, America is failing to prepare for its economic future. Each decade our savings performance worsens, and each decade so do our prospects for higher living standards. During the 1960s, U.S. net national savings averaged 8.1 percent of GDP. During the 1980s, that rate fell by half (to 3.9 percent). Thus […]

Money, Politics, and Power

Voting Rites: Why We Need a New Concept of Citizenship

by Michael Schudson October 1, 1994

In the primal act of citizenship, we face the ballot alone, face to face with our own ignorance.

Economic Policy

Is The American Economic Model the Answer?

by Jeff Faux October 1, 1994

The financial elites that favor the “American” model — deregulation, weak unions, and a minimalist welfare state — ask the wrong question: how to compete against countries with lower wages and living standards.

Money, Politics, and Power

Whose Confirmation Mess?

by David Strauss July 1, 1994

Who really politicized the Supreme Court? All it took to end the bloody confirmation battles were a few middle-of-the-road nominees.

Money, Politics, and Power

The Undertow

by Paul Starr July 1, 1994

As the 1990s began, Arthur Schlesinger, Jr. argued that America was due for a new era of affirmative government in keeping with the cycle of liberal and conservative periods that runs through our history. Uncannily, Bill Clinton’s election came right on schedule, roughly 90 years after Theodore Roosevelt became president, 60 years after Franklin Roosevelt, […]