Tag Archives: Socialism

Politico Magazine: Joseph Stiglitz: ‘The Myth of America’s Golden Age’

Politicio Magazine: Opinion: Joseph Stiglitz: The Myth of America’s Golden Age I’m getting tired of hearing people who are further left of me people who are Social Democrats let’s say who are constantly putting down America. And saying “Europe is … Continue reading

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Brad Delong: Burwell vs. Hobby Lobby and the Decay of Welfare Capitalism

Equitable Growth: Blog: Brad Delong: Burwell vs. Hobby Lobby and the Decay of Welfare Capitalism ‘Welfare capitalism’ is just another way of saying democratic socialism. Democratic socialism is an economic system common in Europe and Canada to a certain extent … Continue reading

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The New Republic: Dean Starkman: Closing the Racial Wealth Gap

The New Republic: Opinion: Dean Starkman: Closing the Racial Wealth Gap It is true that even since the American civil rights movement that even though African-Americans are doing better than they were pre-civil rights that they still have a large … Continue reading

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The New Republic: Danny Vinik: ‘President Obama’s Promise to Not Raise Taxes on the Middle Class Makes Governing Harder’

The New Republic: Opinion: Danny Vinik: President Obama’s Promise to Not Raise Taxes on the Middle Class Makes Governing Harder I’m just going to be real here and say that Socialists have this belief that if government especially the federal … Continue reading

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Robert Shiller: ‘Better Insurance Against Income Inequality’

Source:The New Democrat I could blog about indexing taxation of income for the wealthy in a couple of ways. One would discuss the fact that it would never pass this Congress, especially with a Republican House. Also, vulnerable Senate Democrats … Continue reading

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George Will: ‘Progressives Are Wrong About The Essence of The Constitution’

Source:The Washington Post– Conservative columnist George Will. Source:The New Democrat “In his latest column for The Washington Post, George Will praises Timothy Sandefur’s superb new book The Conscience of the Constitution: The Declaration of Independence and the Right to Liberty. … Continue reading

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The New Republic: Jonathan Cohn: ‘More Taxes Would Make a Better Society’

Source:The New Democrat Well, I guess it is official now, with this piece from Jonathan Cohn, The New Republic (his link is  above)  the classic American liberal magazine is dead.  Or perhaps, it has just been taken over by Socialists or … Continue reading

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The New Republic: Noam Scheiber: Bed Wetting Leftists: Democrats Who Freak Out Over Setbacks

Source:The New Democrat There’s a faction in the Democratic Party, the far-left fringe,  as well as the broader far-left in America, who, to put it simply, make the perfect the enemy of the good. Any Democrat who doesn’t give them … Continue reading

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Slate Magazine: Dave Weigel: Why the Left is Better Without the Democratic Party

Source:The New Democrat  It’s generally not a good idea to compare American politics with British politics because the center left in America is not nearly as far to the left as the British center today, but especially 30 or 40 … Continue reading

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Slate Magazine: Bob Garfield: ‘Why I Love Big Government, a Valentine For Big Government’

Source:The New Democrat Bob Garfield in his column in Slate today was explaining what he loved about big government and laying out a lot of the things that government does and calling them big government. The problem is that not … Continue reading

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