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Economics / economic policy, inequality /

Inequality

January 23, 2013

Or perhaps: Inequality, So What? David Ruccio has pointed to the sudden outbreak of a discussion about inequality amongst some of our leading left of center economists, notably Joe Stiglitz and Paul Krugman. I will not reprise their debate, you can track it down for yourself. My purpose is somewhat different. The distribution of income […]

Economics / debt ceiling, economic policy, fiscal cliff, government spending, Obama, Republicans /

Obama: Whither Next?

January 23, 2013

There are more than a few of us trying to measure the extent of Obama’s sudden outing as a leader of the progressive cause. After four years of varying attempts to inhabit the supposed grey zone between the two poles of politics he announced, rather forcibly, his allegiance to the left. Perhaps he grew tired […]

Weekly Summary / debt ceiling, government spending, Obama, Republicans /

The Founding Fathers and The Debt Ceiling Saga

January 18, 2013

This week has been dominated by the debt ceiling. This is another sign of the moribund nature of American politics. Elections, and I thought we recently had one, are meant to have consequences. Unfortunately America is not a democracy, which means that a minority of its politicians can dominate the discussion regardless of whether they […]

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