It’s the Political Economy, Stupid
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on December 13th, 2010 5:38 am by HL
It’s the Political Economy, Stupid
The title is directed at myself. I maintain that the Obama tax deal is not awful economics. I’ve become convinced that it is awful politics. Ultimately awful politics dictates catastrophic economic policy. Some progressives used to say Bill Clinton was…
Link Israel Aid To Ending Occupation
The Obama administration has abandoned its feckless effort to induce Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu to accept a 90-day settlement freeze designed to kick start peace negotiations – and save Israel from suicidal settlement expansion. Any doubt that the settlements could…
Wake-up, America
I’ve been talking recently about the rise of inequality in America. And while much of this change can be traced to the Reagan and Bush tax cuts for wealthy Americans, a greater source of class tension in the next ten…