The New York Times Book (sic) Review for March 6, 1994 ran a feature piece reviewing a CD-ROM. “Microsoft Art Gallery,” an interactive digitized catalog of Britain’s National Gallery collection, won a rave. Just point and click, and you can pull up paintings by artist, period, or genre; you can also get spoken critical commentaries […]
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Few Good Men
It is no secret that the institution of marriage is in trouble. The median age at first marriage is at its highest since the United States began keeping reliable statistics: 24 for women and 26 for men. Nearly six of every 10 new marriages will end in divorce, and the propensity to remarry has also […]
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Spheres of Affluence
The fantasy of free trade still commands broad allegiance despite mounting evidence that it’s not optimal for either economic growth or national interest.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
The Evasion of Politics
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 […]
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Citizen Keynes
Skidelsky’s dazzling biography gets Keynes the man just right, and his economics somewhat wrong.
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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 […]
Posted inAmerica and the World
Altered States
The globalized economy disarms the nation-state. We need a blend of familiar Keynesian insights and new institutions.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Voters in the Crosshairs
New technologies were supposed to enable campaigns to reach more voters. Instead, they ended up fragmenting and alienating much of the electorate.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
Ad Missions
Insurance companies aren’t just selling policies. They’re selling ideology too.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Can Markets Govern?
Let’s have responsive government, but in the end a citizen cannot be reduced to a consumer.
