The decay of Dodger ownership can be read as a kind of parable for the decay of American capitalism
Economic Policy
Posted inBooks, Arts and Culture
Has Occupy Wall Street Affected Anything?
It might have changed the conversation, at least a bit.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
You Say Tomato, I Say Potato
Yesterday, The New Republic‘s Alec MacGillis arrived at the conclusion that Mitt Romney’s famous flip-flopping and President Obama’s pragmatism were one in the same: A politician who considers himself driven more by case-by-case pragmatism than any overarching philosophy, who likes to get all the smartest people in the room to hash out an issue, probing […]
Posted inAmerica and the World
Bravo Papandreou!
The Greek prime minister takes the country’s fate out of the hands of the bankers.
Posted inBooks, Arts and Culture
Half-Right Brooks
The disintegration of working-class families is no accident.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Limit Leverage!
Simple banking rules could prevent collapses like Jon Corzine’s MF Global.
Posted inEconomic Policy
The Ties That Blind
A belief in American pull-yourself-up-by-your-bootstraps mythology lies at the heart of conservative attacks on the 99 percent.
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For Europe, High Stakes in Greece
Stabilizing one teetering economy won’t end the eurozone’s dance of death.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Foreclosed for Business
When it comes to the housing crisis, the GOP presidential candidates hope ignoring it will make it go away.
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Obama’s Wheel and Deal
The administration’s recent trade agreement with Korea, Colombia, and Panama is expected to destroy more than 200,000 American jobs.
