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Economic Policy
Posted inCivil Rights in America
Occupy Wall Street: Seattle Redux?
Could yesterday’s day of action build a broad progressive coalition?
Posted inEconomic Policy
Herman Cain Pushes “9-9-9” on Letterman
Lettereman showed little patience for Cain’s tax plan.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Post Hoc Fallacy
Wednesday’s Washington Post deserves some kind of perverse award for advocacy journalism-in this case, for advocating the proposition that dire economic consequences will ensue if the congressional Super Committee fails to cut a deal for drastic deficit reduction. This is, of course, one side of an argument. Those on the other side, including myself, have […]
Posted inBooks, Arts and Culture
Occupy Wall Street Day of Action Livestream
Follow the protest from the vantage point of a movement insider.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
The Robots Are Coming!
Google, we learn from Monday’s New York Times, has a secret lab in an undisclosed location in the Bay Area where it is developing robots. We don’t know what the Google-oids are working on there, but we do know that the company has developed and built a driverless car that has already traversed 100,000 miles […]
Posted inWorking in America
Bending the Rules
Congress keeps finding new ways to attack farm-bill reform.
Posted inBooks, Arts and Culture
Why We Need Occupy Wall Street
The protest has at last brought on a national discussion about income inequality.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Exit Berlusconi, Enter Uncertainty
The prime minister’s resignation may not be enough to protect Italy from contagion.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Don’t Save Republicans from Themselves
As the Super Committee deadline looms, Democrats have the upper hand.
