The big surprise Tuesday night was not Donald Trump’s wins. “Trump losing momentum” stories have been written so often that when we see one we automatically rewrite it to read “Trump on a roll!” No, the big story was Bernie Sanders’ big, big win over Hillary Clinton, a victory won almost entirely on the basis…
Tag: economy
Compared to what?
There have been endless columns and discussions about our slow recovery from the Great Recession, and our recovery has been slow and the recession was great, and we should be doing better, and I take the Krugmanesque position that a bigger stimulus package would have left us in better shape, but. Yes, but. But why…
Bad History Week at Robert Samuelson’s
There was a time—in the early days of the Clinton Administration, perhaps—when Robert Samuelson’s column on economics was worth reading, on a consistent basis. But the times, well, they changed a long time ago. Recently, Bob took note of the fact that, economically, things are pretty shitty these days, and the only people with a…
A coupla National Review dudes, last seen thinking a whole lot about poor people
And not entirely without effect, either. In “The Freeloader Myth” Ramesh Ponnuru suggests politely to Republicans that they stop pissing on the 47 percent of the population who are so poor that they don’t have any federal income tax liability, on the grounds that, basically, it’s not nice to make fun of poor people, especially…
American Women: Poor and Oppressed, or Smart and Rich?
It’s tough bein’ a sister, livin’ in the USA. As the New York Times tells it, “Across the country, women in their prime earning years, struggling with an unfriendly economy, are retreating from the work force, either permanently or for long stretches.” In an “above the fold” July 22 story, “Women Are Now Equal as…