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This week’s articles of note
“The path to 270: demographics versus economics in 2012 presidential election,” Center for American Progress, by Ruy Teixeira and John Halpin (pdf) “How the Euro crisis could destroy the US economy,” The Atlantic, by Jim Tankersley “Secret Fed loans helped banks net $13B,” Bloomberg Markets Magazine, by Bob Ivry, Bradley Keoun and Phil Kuntz “2012 […]
This week’s articles of note
“Pre-occupied: the origins and future of Occupy Wall Street,” The New Yorker, by Mattathias Schwartz “Pepper-spraying taxpayers: ‘diversity’ boondoggles are the real scandal,” National Review Online, by Heather MacDonald “How I stopped worrying and learned to love the OWS protests,” Rolling Stone, by Matt Taibbi “‘The new Tammany Hall,'” Wall Street Journal, by Matthew Kaminski […]
This week’s articles of note
“The Great Restoration,” New York Times, by David Brooks “Claire Fox on freedom of speech,” FiveBooks Interviews “The myths of Christian Europe,” Pandaemonium, by Kenan Malik “Natural gas will repower America,” RealClearEnergy, by Rich Trzupek “The end of the future,” National Review, by Peter Thiel
This week’s articles of note
“Half baked: UC Berkeley’s diversity machine loses its mind over cupcakes,” City Journal, by Heather Macdonald “Former Obama budget chief: Forget democracy. How about rule by technocrats and independent commissions?” Reason, by Peter Suderman “Panic?” The American Interest, by Walter Russell Mead [On the world economic crisis] “Back to Mesopotamia? The looming threat of debt […]
This week’s articles of note
“The responsibility of intellectuals, redux,” The Boston Review, by Noam Chomsky “The Fed’s dual mandate responsibilities and challenges of monetary policy,” Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, by Charles Evans “Obama’s economic trifecta: how the President helped kill progressivism, capitalism and moderation,” Forbes, by Joel Kotkin “Special report: the future of jobs,” The Economist “Gore’s dire […]
This week’s articles of note
“Day’s end: The 9/11 decade is over. The terrorists lost. But who won?” New York, by Frank Rich “Amid the memorials, ambiguity and ambivalence,” The New York Times, by Edward Rothstein [on 9/11 commemorations] “Capitalism – what comes next?” Thought Economics [Edmund Phelps interviewed by Vikas Shah] “Struggling with a great contraction,” The Financial Times, […]
What the hurricane hype reveals about NYC
City Hall’s overreaction to Irene suggests New York City is losing its reputation for toughness and swagger. Read my spiked article in full here.
This week’s articles of note
“One more thing…,” TechCrunch, by M.G. Siegler [on Steve Jobs’ resignation] “Crime and the great recession,” City Journal, by James Q. Wilson “Perry’s GOP shock treatment,” New York, by John Heilemann “Let’s be honest: we’re in a depression, not a recession, and there’s no end in sight,” The New Republic, by Richard A. Posner “A […]
This week’s articles of note
“Can Rick Perry govern?” Texas Observer, by Dave Mann “The shape of the global economy will fundamentally change,” Foreign Policy, by Mohamed el-Erian “The dollar-store economy,” New York Times Magazine, by Jack Hitt “Is the SEC covering up Wall Street crimes?” Rolling Stone, by Matt Taibbi “Eco-fads: feel-good policies replace science,” Real Clear Science, by […]