How America Embraced Lemon Socialism
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on January 26th, 2009 5:33 am by HL
How America Embraced Lemon Socialism
America has embraced Lemon Socialism. The federal government — that is, you and I and every other taxpayer — has taken ownership of giant home mortgagors Fannie and Freddie, which are by now basket cases. We’ve also put hundreds of…
Harnessing Politics To Fix Politics
It’s hard to disagree with much of Michael Waldman’s lovely post. It is inviting at the level of principle (who, after all, is against creating a robust participatory democracy?). And he’s right at the level of practice – matching…