Not a major realignment, but ominous rumblings.
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Posted inWorking in America
A Collective Bargain: Negotiating Human Capitalism
A new deal for labor policy.
Posted inAmerica and the World
The Global Money Trap: Can Clinton Master the Markets?
If not, he will be their slave.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Stealing First: The Rehnquist Court Gags on Free Speech
Clinton’s appointees need to rescue the Bill of Rights.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Avoiding a Fiscal Dunkirk
A more progressive tax code is an essential part of any new economic plan.
Posted inHousing and Transportation
Winning With Tax Reform: The Connecticut Story
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 […]
Posted inBooks, Arts and Culture
Whose Body Politic?
The boundaries between public and private are murkier than ever.
Posted inEconomic Policy
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.
Posted inBooks, Arts and Culture
Talk of the Tube: How To Get Teledemocracy Right
If we are realistic and appropriately modest, television can enhance democratic deliberation.