Though I don’t assume Sen. Bernie Sanders will be the Democratic Party nominee for president, I do assume the next president will respond to populist…
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Economics is not a simple discipline to understand. Yet, all around us are people claiming that complex economic matters can be as clear as “Econ…
One of the paradoxes progressives use to challenge libertarian ideals and conservative tax policies is that the wealthiest communities and cities have some of the…
NOTE August 8, 2017: The marginal and effective U.S. Tax rates mentioned in this 2011 post have been supported by research conducted by Thomas Piketty (Paris School…
I heard a Democratic consultant complain about Frank Luntz this morning. The problem is, Luntz and George Lakoff give the same type of advice, but…
There were 200,000 financial industry layoffs during fiscal 2007-08 and nearly another 150,000 since this previous summer. Bank of America and Citi announced more than…
I’m sick and tired of being told I’m not a liberal (in the common usage of the United States, not elsewhere) because I’m somehow from…
Many people critical of “capitalism” have no idea what the word means. Before returning to graduate school, I worked in real estate and finance. I…
A lot has happened in the last few months, and even now I don’t find myself particularly motivated to write on most of the events.…
What makes a “conservative” or a “liberal?” I haven’t a clue. What I do know is that each one trusts government to solve problems —…