I was happy to see this segment of Ezra Kleinās show (hosted by RogĆ© Karma) which featured an interview with Columbia University…
The idea of industrial policy has taken on almost a mystical quality for many progressives. The idea is that it is somehow new and…
I remember talking to a progressive group a bit more than a decade ago, arguing for the merits of a financial transactions…
At this point, a large majority of non-college educated whites (especially white men) are willing to follow Donald Trump off any cliff.…
In a desperate effort to make the numbers in the Inflation Reduction Act work, Senate negotiators threw in a 1% tax on…
There is an old saying that intellectuals have a hard time with new ideas. The pursuit of campaign finance reform by many…
I was glad to see Ezra Kleinās piece today touting the Biden administrationās creation of ARPA-H. This is the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Health, a…
I have had many people ask me if there is not a better way to fight inflation than the current route of…
The standard line in policy circles about the soaring inequality of the last four decades is that it is just an unfortunate…
With the data we have seen from the last few months, itās fair to say that no one has a very good…
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