It is difficult to see how we help the environment by attacking growth. We need measures that sharply reduce environmental damage

It is an incredible mistake to not recognize that the upward redistribution of the last four decades was brought about by conscious policy, not any sort of natural process of globalization and technology

Thoughts on Wealth

In normal times, a large economy like ours chugs along like a huge oil tanker on the high seas. Various forces can speed it up or slow it down, but it is mostly driven by momentum

Anyone who talks about the burden of government and taxes and doesn’t mention the cost of patent and copyright monopolies is either a liar or does not have any idea what they are talking about

Republicans at both the federal and state level are likely to move more aggressively in implementing obstacles to minority voting

The Republicans are doing everything they can to make it so that people with serious health problems pay more for their health insurance

It is important to recognize that the manufacturing jobs lost to imports over the past two decades are not coming back

The Deficit Hawks Did Enormous Harm to Our Kids

The story was a very big bubble that people like Bernanke, Paulson and Geithner completely missed. It burst, and we paid an enormous price for it