Ezra Klein Archive: Obama administration
Can the White House tackle the deficit?
When it comes to the budget, no two people in town know more than Bob Greenstein, director of the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, and Maya MacGuineas, president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget. And yet,...
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| February 15, 2011; 5:52 PM ET |
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Reporters aren't the only ones who like to gossip
This is a very good post by Brad DeLong on the substance of the debates between Peter Orszag and others in the Obama administration. I'm a bit more sympathetic to Orszag's position than Brad is, primarily because I think...
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| February 9, 2011; 4:46 PM ET |
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What happened to Obama-ism?
Noam Scheiber commends Obama's op-ed on regulation as a useful distillation of the essence of "Obama-ism." In particular, Noam points out two sentences: First, "we are seeking more affordable, less intrusive means to achieve the same ends." And second,...
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| January 21, 2011; 9:32 AM ET |
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If Obama wants to be bold, he should be bold
Peter Baker has a lot of juicy tidbits about the frequent infighting and petty spats that split the White House economic team over the past two years, but the individual who comes off worst in the article is not...
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| January 20, 2011; 9:39 AM ET |
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The White House brings in Bruce Reed
I've not paid much attention to the resignation of Ron Klain, Chief of Staff to the Vice President. But now that Biden has named Bruce Reed to replace him, I'm a bit more interested. Reed -- who is pictured...
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| January 14, 2011; 11:59 AM ET |
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Learning Sperling
Matt Yglesias is right that the media -- myself included -- has done a crummy job introducing people to the work and thought of Gene Sperling, as opposed to scrutinizing the few areas of his background that seemed likely to...
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| January 7, 2011; 11:50 AM ET |
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