Ezra Klein Archive: Government
A 5 percent chance of another Great Depression?
Brad Delong thinks so, and despite the improving economy, that estimate is up from a few months ago: For 2 1/4 years now I have been saying that there is no chance of a repeat of the Great Depression or...
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November 17, 2009; 1:30 PM ET |
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Budget
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Government
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Senate
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Climate change vs. American politics
David Roberts wrote a smart post a few days ago explaining why the climate bill is going to suck. The answer, in short, is the Senate. Cap and trade, like every other bill, will face "a supermajority requirement coupled...
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November 4, 2009; 2:44 PM ET |
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Climate Change
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Government
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What Good Are States?
Reihan Salam wants "a far broader rethinking of state and federal responsibilities.” Matt Yglesias gives him one: [I]t’s difficult to think of what kind of issues are actually well-suited to be dealt with at a state level. It’s easy to...
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October 9, 2009; 3:41 PM ET |
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Government
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The Radical in David Brooks
On Monday, David Brooks wrote about his friends Bentham and Hume. Bentham was sort of a Peter Orszag on steroids: Give him a policy problem and he'd return with a solution tailored to the realities of the political moment and...
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October 7, 2009; 11:30 AM ET |
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Government
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Why Bipartisanship Always Comes Too Late
Former Republican Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist told Time's Karen Tumulty that if he were still in the Senate, he'd vote for the health-care reform bill being passed out of the Finance Committee. "As leader, I would take heat for...
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October 2, 2009; 5:07 PM ET |
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The End of Politics
The New Republic and the American Prospect both had good editorials this month on the underlying realities of our politics that have been exposed by health care. First, from the New Republic: The Republican reception of Baucus's bill doesn't so...
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September 30, 2009; 11:04 AM ET |
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Government
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