I n October of 1991, 40,000 furious citizens massed in Hartford at the State Capitol, protesting Connecticut’s new income tax, cursing and spitting on Governor Lowell Weicker, and threatening legislators with political extinction. One month later, Democrats in New Jersey were routed by an irate electorate in retribution for the passage of changes in the […]
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Avoiding a Fiscal Dunkirk
A more progressive tax code is an essential part of any new economic plan.
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Whose Body Politic?
The boundaries between public and private are murkier than ever.
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Talk of the Tube: How To Get Teledemocracy Right
If we are realistic and appropriately modest, television can enhance democratic deliberation.
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Can We Put a Time Limit on Welfare?
Clinton’s proposal for a two-year limit on AFDC payments would be the most far-reaching welfare reform since 1935. But if the goal is to make welfare mothers self-sufficient, it won’t be cheap.
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The Limits of Teledemocracy
Some uses of the electronic media could enrich politics. Most recent proposals, however, are video games at best and Bonapartism at worst.
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Investing on the Frontier: How the U.S. Can Reclaim High-Tech Leadership
Why we need a civilian technology policy.
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Passion, Memory, and Politics, 1992
F rom its founding nearly three years ago, The American Prospect has sought to help reconstruct a plausible and persuasive liberalism. This issue’s cluster of articles concerned with a public investment strategy for economic growth exemplifies that purpose: substantive, detailed thinking about how to solve the nation’s problems, rather than symbolic gestures. Yet, as this […]
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Conversion Then and Now
Turning swords into plowshares requires a plan.