Archive for the ‘Politics’ Category
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International Tax Policy, Blah, Blah, Blah
Posted on April 21, 2010
International tax policy is boring. Jobs, American competitiveness, and the future of the world economy and America’s place in it, is not so boring. The boring stuff has a profound...
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The Financial Reform Kabuki
Posted on April 20, 2010
I think there will be a deal on financial services reform, or Wall Street reform as the White House now calls it. But first there has to be the requisite...
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What’s Good for Goldman?
Posted on April 19, 2010
It used to be said that what is good for General Motors is good for America. And for much of the last century, that assertion was basically true. Economic policies...
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The American Consensus
Posted on April 15, 2010
Gary Andres has a great column today about, as he calls it, “the myth of American consensus.” As Gary puts it, “The myth concerns the level of political consensus in...
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Suburban Revolutionaries
Posted on April 14, 2010
In Ancient Rome, it was the poor people who lived in the suburbs. The rich lived in the city center, close to work, close to entertainment, close to all the...
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