Using models to predict presidential elections can be fun. Too bad they don’t work.
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Market, State, and Dystopia
A dystopia is a utopia in reverse. The post-1980 era is likely to be remembered as a free market dystopia–a headlong compulsion to throw away the mixed economy that was built on the ruins of depression and world war in favor of a marketized society. This compulsion has been ground into the lenses of the […]
Posted inEconomic Policy
Ending Welfare Reform as We Know It
Liberals who embrace welfare reform have conceded too much of the argument to the right. The main problem is not lazy, shiftless welfare mothers; it’s the collapse of the lower middle-class economy.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Imprisoners’ Dilemma
Low-level drug dealers will keep appearing, no matter how many jails we build.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Can Clinton Govern?
Can Clinton Govern?: Richard E. Neustadt On the Shoals, Nearing the Rocks: Walter Dean Burnham Two Views from Pennsylvania Ave.: Walter F. Mondale The 1994 Solution: James MacGregor Burns In Search of a Governing Party: Richard M. Valelly Give the Man a Chance: Jim Wright CAN CLINTON GOVERN? R ichard E. N eustadt T he […]
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But Where Are the Jobs?
Here’s one more course-correction for Clinton. Otherwise, look for more low-wage jobs.
