“For Two Economists, the Buffett Rule Is Just a Start”
An article in the New York Times highlights the work of French economists Emmanuel Saez and Thomas Pikett, who have spent the last decade..
Hedrick Smith’s “When Capitalists Cared”
In the New York Times, Smith argues that the widening income gap between many employers and their employees, which began in the 1970s and..
A Marshall Plan for Greece?
In the Economist, Nicholas Crafts weighs the pros and cons of providing aid to Greece in the form of a new “Marshall Plan”,..
“The Faith (and Doubts) of Our Fathers”
The Economist examines the religious beliefs of the Founding Fathers, and what they might have to say about the current debate over how..
Louise Story’s “Income Inequality and Financial Crises”
David A. Moss looks to the Great Depression for links between income inequality and financial crisis: “Professor Moss is among a..
“Technocrats: Minds like Machines”
The Economist argues that although technocratic governments can seem appealing in times of crisis (especially the financial crisis that is..
“What Post-Qaddafi Libya Has to Learn From Afghanistan”
Michael Semple, who has spent more than two decades in Afghanistan, argues in Foreign Affairs that although Libya and Afghanistan share..
“Occupy Wall Street: an American tradition since 1776″
In the Christian Science Monitor, Jonathan Zimmerman argues that the spirit of the Occupy Wall Street protests is embedded in the fabric of..
“Dictators Get the Deaths They Deserve”
In the New York Times, Simon Sebag Montefiore argues that it is inevitable for dictators like Qaddafi to meet violent and widely-viewed..
Silver’s “Is Obama Toast?”
In the New York Times, Nate Silver looks to past reelection battles and statistics to gauge Obama’s chances of winning the 2012..
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